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Webb Young

Webb Young (1913 - 2005) was active/lived in New Mexico, Colorado.  Webb Young is known for Southwest landscape, Indian figure-genre.

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The following, submitted May 2005, is from Greg Young, son of the artist.

For over 70 years, Webb Young has studied and painted the New Mexico landscape, architecture, and people, capturing as perhaps few others have the flavor and beauty of old New Mexico. Forays into northern Arizona have also yielded some beautiful renditions of Navajo life and the Grand Canyon.

Young was born in Covington, Kentucky on September 2, 1913. He grew up in Winnetka, a suburb on the lake near Chicago, Illinois, where his father was in the advertising business. His mother was a concert pianist. Webb Young had two older brothers: Jim, a writer and teacher, and Dick, an airline pilot. Both have passed away.

Widely known as "Painter of the New Mexico Scene," Webb Young had an interest in painting that began at age 11 with art classes at the Chicago Art Institute. From 1925 through 1928, he was in New Mexico studying painting under the famous Southwestern painter, Gerald Cassidy. In 1927,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2111 characters.]  Artist bio

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