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Christopher Blossom

Christopher Blossom (Born 1956) is active/lives in Connecticut.  Christopher Blossom is known for Painter-historical-ship, landscape, coastals.

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Recognized as a marine painter, Christopher Blossom later added western landscapes to his repertoire and in 1989 was invited to show with the National Academy of Western Art at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. In 1992, he became a NAWA member.

He followed in the footsteps of both his father, Earl, and grandfather, David, by becoming a commercial artist. He studied illustration at the Parsons School of Design in New York and worked in an industrial design studio, learning to interpret blueprints, which has served him well when studying old ships. He worked as a freelance illustrator of books and magazines but wanted out of New York: "I went crazy with all the tall buildings in New York" (Art of the West 11/98).

In the late 1970s, he turned from illustration to marine painting and focused on integrity of historical aspects of that subject. He became a charter member and former president of the American Society of Marine Artists. In the mid-1990s, his interest in   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6834 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Christopher Blossom

   Publications  Book References:  18
Magazine References:  16

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16 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Christopher Blossom
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Southwest Art News Beat September 2005 Editors, Southwest Art No
Plein Air Magazine Masters and Mentors July 2005 Soderberg, Paul Yes
Art-Talk Plein Air Painters of American Move June 2004 Editors, Art-Talk Yes
Southwest Art From Sea to Shining Sea May 2004 Stern, Jean No
Southwest Art Art Events-Colorado June 2003 Gangelhoff, Bonnie Yes
Southwest Art Coast to Coast, Best of the West October 2002 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art News from the California Art Scene September 2002 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art Colorado: Best of the West April 2002 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art Yosemite Artists November 2001 Gangelhoff, Bonnie Yes
Art of the West Capturing the Grandeur of Yosemite September 2001 Stavig, Vicki Yes
Southwest Art The Millennium Series December 2000 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art Best of the West June 1999 Busler, Leslie, Gangelhoff, B Yes
Art of the West By Land and By Sea December 1998 Behrens, Shirley Yes
Art in America Keith Haring: Radiant Picaresque April 1998 Adams, Brooks Yes
American Artist On Tour in Normandy April 1998 Doherty, M Stephen Yes
American Artist Interpretations of the Colorado January 1997 Doherty, Stephen Yes
18 Book References for Christopher Blossom
Year Author Title Pages Color
2009 Davis, Tom Patrons Without Peer The McCloy Collection 240 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2004 Haggin Museum of Art From Sea to Shining Sea
(Exhibition catalog)
104 Yes
2003 Schroeder, Charles (Intro) Prix de West 30th Anniversary 2003
(Exhibition catalog)
204 Yes
2002 Blossom, Christopher Christopher Blossom: Premier Maritime Artist 80 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 Editor, Settlers West The Great American West 0 No
1998 Bacon, Todd, Message for Denver Rotary Club Artists of America
(Exhibition catalog)
108 Yes
1997 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Seventeenth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
92 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
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
1990 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Tenth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
160 Yes
1988 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Eighth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
143 Yes
1980 Archibald, E H H Dictionary of Sea Painters 455 Yes
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