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Tom Lovell

Tom Lovell (1909 - 1997) was active/lived in New York, New Mexico.  Tom Lovell is known for Western genre painting, magazine and pulp illustrator.

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A well-known illustrators in New York City and then a painter of Western subjects, Tom Lovell paid great attention to details in his work and, because of this, seldom completed more than a dozen major oil paintings a year.

Lovell was born in New York City and attended high school in Nutley New Jersey. As valedictorian of his class, he spoke on the "Ill Treatment of the American Indian by the U.S. Government," a harbinger of his depictions of the West.  In 1931, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University in New York.

For thirty-nine years he was a freelance illustrator for many well-known magazines including Colliers, McCalls, and National Geographic.  He was also known as a pulp illustrator, associated with "Dime Mystery" where his "ingenuity at picturing the bizarre instruments of torture dreamed up in the pulp writers' imaginations was nothing short of remarkable". (Haining 135).

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Facts about Tom Lovell

   Publications  Book References:  52
Magazine References:  19

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19 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Tom Lovell
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review National Museum of the Marine Corps December 2006 Grow, Charles; Joan Thomas Yes
Art-Talk Gone, But Not Forgotten October 2003 Jarvis, John Yes
Smithsonian Guys and Molls August 2003 Stewart, Doug Yes
Art of the West The Prix de West Collection May 2003 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Art of the West What's News May 2003 Editors, Art of the West Yes
ARTnews The Next Frontier May 2003 Kinsella, Eileen Yes
Southwest Art On the Scene January 2003 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Art of the West What's News November 2002 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Art of the West Timeless Art November 2002 Stavig, Vicki Yes
Art of the West What's News July 2002 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Southwest Art Resort Town Collections October 2001 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art 30 years of Southwest Art May 2001 Editor, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art The Art of Collecting October 2000 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Art of the West What's News December 1999 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Art of the West What's News December 1998 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Southwest Art Storytellers October 1997 Hagerty, Donald Yes
Art of the West In Memoriam September 1997 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Art-Talk Tom Lovell, Daughter, Die August 1997 Editor, Art Talk No
Southwest Art Scott Collection October 1996 Archibald, Judy Yes
52 Book References for Tom Lovell
Year Author Title Pages Color
2010 Hedgpeth, Don Robert Lougheed Follow the Sun 360 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
2004 Carter, Alice A The Art of National Geographic 0 Yes
2002 Duty, Michael; Don Hedgpeth Cowboy Artists of America 216 Yes
2001 Editors, Art of the West Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition 88 Yes
2001 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators 452 Yes
2000 Haining, Peter The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines 224 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Hagerty, Donald J Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors 213 Yes
1997 Lesser, Robert Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great Pulp Magazines 183 Yes
1997 Morris, Jack Tom Lovell: Drawing from Experience (Altermann & Morris Exhibition)
(Exhibition catalog)
40 Yes
1997 National Cowboy Hall of Fame Prix de West Invitational 1997
(Exhibition catalog)
194 Yes
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1996 National Cowboy Hall of Fame Prix de West Invitational 1996
(Exhibition catalog)
192 Yes
1995 Haley, J. Evetts (Introduction) Cowboy Artists of America 30th Anniversary Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Thirteenth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
96 Yes
1993 Hedgpeth, Don/Walt Reed The Art of Tom Lovell An Invitation to History 160 Yes
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1992 National Cowboy Hall of Fame National Academy of Western Art Twentieth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
158 Yes
1991 Gilbert Anne American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide 1991 Yes
1990 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Tenth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
160 Yes
1989 La Cour, Donna Ward Artists in Quotation Dictionary of Creative Thoughts of Painters etc 196 No
1988 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Eighth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
143 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Reynolds, Catherine Cowboy Artists of America
(Exhibition catalog)
153 Yes
1987 Hassrick, Royal B History of Western American Art 192 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 National Academy Western Art National Academy of Western Art Fourteenth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
112 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 National Academy Western Art National Academy of Western Art Twelfth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
98 Yes
1984 Reed, Walt and Roger The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration 355 Yes
1983 Dedera, Don Visions West The Story of Cowboy Artists of America Museum 84 Yes
1982 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Second Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
143 Yes
1982 Samuels, Peggy and Harold Contemporary Western Artists 608 Yes
1981 Cowboy Artists of America Cowboy Artists of America Sixteenth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1981 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America First Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
141 Yes
1981 Krakel, Dean (Intro) National Academy of Western Art Ninth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
0 Yes
1980 Munce, Howard et al Magic and Other Realism The Art of Illusion 111 Yes
1980 National Cowboy Hall of Fame National Academy of Western Art Eighth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
96 Yes
1978 National Academy Western Art National Academy of Western Art Sixth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1977 Krakel, Dean Adventures in Western Art 377 No
1976 Howard, James K Ten Years with the Cowboy Artist A Complete History
(Exhibition catalog)
213 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1975 Hassrick, Royal B Western Painting Today 175 Yes
1966 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s 272 Yes
1959 Marshall, Francis Magazine Illustration 96 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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