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Richard Earl Thompson

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Richard Earl Thompson (1914 - 1991) was active/lived in Illinois, Wisconsin.  Richard Thompson is known for Impressionist landscape and figure painting.

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 Richard Earl Thompson was an American impressionist, much influenced by the French school, and a highly successful illustrator. He was a child prodigy at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts where he was a student of Frederick Grant. After that, he attended the Chicago Art Institute with Louis Ritman, who was a strong influence on his drawing, color, and composition skills.

To earn a living, he chose a career in commercial art, doing many back covers of the Saturday Evening Post, especially while working with Haddon Sundbloom. Thompson also did World War II War bond Posters.

In 1959, with commercial art being replaced by photography, he turned to a full-time career in fine art and divided his life between the woods of Wisconsin and the shores of the Florida Keys with his wife Mary Munn.

Of his career beginning in the late 1950s, Thompson created more than 1500 oil paintings.  In his Chicago Tribune obituary, he was quoted as h   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7053 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Richard Earl Thompson

   Publications  Book References:  10
Magazine References:  9

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9 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Richard Earl Thompson
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Richard Thompson: Seasons of Light March 2005 McGarry, Susan Hallsten Yes
Art-Talk Danny's Column March 1994 Medina, Danny Yes
Western Art Digest Richard Earl Thompson, American Impressionist September 1986 Manson, John Yes
Art-Talk Richard Earl Thompson-The Grand Man of Impressionism February 1985 Medina, Danny Yes
Midwest Art Richard Earl Thompson, Even From the Florida Keys, No Place Like Home-Wisconsin September 1984 Dixon, George Yes
Art-Talk Peacock Galleries to Hold Open House and Autograph Party for Impressionists February 1984 Editors Yes
Southwest Art Richard Earl Thompson: Fusing Tradition and Aesthetics in Fall Landscape Painting October 1982 Pierce, Patricia Jobe Yes
Southwest Art Editorial Profile May 1981 Simpson, Nannette Yes
Southwest Art A Sincere Approach to Painting October 1978 Koenen, Hazy Yes
10 Book References for Richard Earl Thompson
Year Author Title Pages Color
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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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Kirkpatrick, Arlene Doran Masterworks of Impressionism 200 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1982 Pierce, Patricia Jobe Richard Earl Thompson A Prophetic Odyssey in Paint 244 Yes
1982 Samuels, Peggy and Harold Contemporary Western Artists 608 Yes
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