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Gerard Curtis Delano

Gerard Curtis Delano (1890 - 1972) was active/lived in Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts.  Gerard Delano is known for Indian genre and landscape painting, illustration.

Born in Marion, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, Gerard Delano, with a strong New England heritage, became a well-known illustrator and fine-art painter of western scenes, particularly Navajo Indians in landscape.

He was the son of a sea captain and named for Gerard Curtis, the man who owned the ship that his father commanded.  He began his art studies in New Bedford and as a youth sold illustrations to Life Magazine.  His first training was at the Swaine Free School of Design near Marion, and in 1910, he enrolled at the Art Students League in New York City, becoming the pupil of George Bridgman, Frank Vincent DuMond, and Edward Dufner.  He also worked as a textile designer.

At the Grand Central School of Art, Gerard Delano studied with illustrators Dean Cornwell, Harvey Dunn and N.C. Wyeth.  He became a successful commercial artist and illustrator, working in New York City until 1919 when he first came West and worked on a Colorado Ranch.

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Facts about Gerard Curtis Delano

   Publications  Book References:  36
Magazine References:  8

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8 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Gerard Curtis Delano
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Painters of the Desert Southwest August 2006 Burns, James Yes
Art-Talk Shari's Notebook January 2004 Morrison, Shari Yes
Southwest Art Art Events-New Mexico November 2003 Schneider, Wolf Yes
Southwest Art Best of the West - New Mexico May 2003 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art On the Scene March 2003 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art On the Scene September 2002 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art The New Collectors October 2000 Kolpas, Norman Yes
Southwest Art Sharing the Wealth October 1995 Piburn, Gregg Yes
36 Book References for Gerard Curtis Delano
Year Author Title Pages Color
2021 Peterson, Dr. Larry Len The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction 528 Yes
2009 Harris, Adam Duncan Wildlife in American Art: Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art 262 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Clemmer, David Serenading the Light: Painters of the Desert Southwest (Collection of Billy Schenck) 120 Yes
2002 Duty, Michael; Don Hedgpeth Cowboy Artists of America 216 Yes
2000 Troccoli, Joan Carpenter Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection 218 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Robinson, Frank/L Davidson Pulp Culture The Art of Fiction Magazines 204 Yes
1997 Schlier, Deborah Selections from Gertrude Vandeveer Spratlen Collection 63 Yes
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1996 Hagerty, Donald J Canyon de Chelly 100 Years of Painting and Photography 120 Yes
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1991 D'Emilio, Sandra; Suzan Campbell Visions & Visionaries Art and Artists of the Santa Fe Railway 147 Yes
1990 Bowman, Richard D Walking with Beauty The Art and Life of Gerard Delano 173 Yes
1990 Trailside Galleries The Art of Gerard Curtis Delano 16 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1983 Dedera, Don Visions West The Story of Cowboy Artists of America Museum 84 Yes
1982 Dobbs, Joanne; Jerry A. Schefcik A Western American Vision of Art, History and Work Francis King Collection 52 Yes
1981 Anschutz Collection Painters of the American West Selections from the Anschutz Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
150 Yes
1981 Eiteljorg, Harrison Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection 172 Yes
1981 Trailside Galleries The Art of Trailside Galleries 88 Yes
1976 Howard, James K Ten Years with the Cowboy Artist A Complete History
(Exhibition catalog)
213 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1975 Phoenix Art Museum Art of Arizona & the Southwest Paintings from Santa Fe Industries Inc
(Exhibition catalog)
25 Yes
1972 Forster, Peggy; Julie Snow Birkhimer; Mae Huntington Permanent Collection Catalog Springville Museum of Art 75 Yes
1971 Harmsen, Dorothy Harmsen's Western Americana 212 Yes
1971 Steadman, William E The West and Walter Bimson Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture 223 Yes
1968 Ainsworth, Ed; John Wayne (Foreward) The Cowboy in Art 242 Yes
1968 Krakel, Dean (Introduction) Cowboy Artists of America Third Annual Exhibit
(Exhibition catalog)
16 No
1966 Hinkhouse, F M An Exhibition of Paintings of the Southwest From the Santa Fe Railway Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
26 No
1951 Carlson, Raymond (Editor) Gallery of Western Paintings 86 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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