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Jack Swanson

Jack N. Swanson (1927 - 2014) was active/lived in California, Minnesota.  Jack Swanson is known for Cowboy genre, horse, sculpture.

Jack N. Swanson (1927 - )

Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised.  At fourteen he was already breaking horses.  He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went to Oregon to work on ranches his father owned. 

While attending the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland under the G. I. Bill, he "seemed to be not getting along with modern-type art teachers who didn't think horses were worth painting, but pots were" so he left school to race horses.    When his "stud" pulled up lame, he tried the Carmel Art Institute and also had advice from National Academician watercolorist Donald Teague. 

Swanson is an Emeritus member of the Cowboy Artists of America, is listed in Who's Who in American Art, was written up in Ainsworth's book The Cowboy in Art, and Peter Hassrick's book Western   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5708 characters.]  Artist bio

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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Jack Swanson available:    William Sharer,  Ron Stewart,  Roy Swenson,  Dean St Clair,  Chuck Sabatino,  Paul Kethley,  John Strain,  Mark Swanson,  Grant Speed,  William Shepherd,  Robert Summers,  Gary Schildt,  Karl Thomas,  Tom Saubert,  Bettina Steinke,  Tom (Thomas) Ryan,  Byron Wolfe,  Robert "Shoofly" Shufelt,  Dan Mieduch,  John Wade Hampton,  Lowell Ellsworth Smith,  Gordon Snidow,  Bob Scriver,  Loran Speck



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Facts about Jack Swanson

   Jack Swanson  Born:  1927 - Duluth, Minnesota
Died:   2014
Known for:  Cowboy genre, horse, sculpture

Jack N. Swanson (1927 - )

Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised.  At fourteen he was already breaking horses.  He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went to Oregon to work on ranches his father owned. 

While attending the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland under the G. I. Bill, he "seemed to be not getting along with modern-type art teachers who didn't think horses were worth painting, but pots were" so he left school to race horses.    When his "stud" pulled up lame, he tried the Carmel Art Institute and also had advice from National Academician wa  ...  Displaying 750 of 5708 characters.

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