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Earle Erik Heikka

Earle Erik Heikka (1910 - 1941) was active/lived in Montana.  Earle Heikka is known for Western genre sculpture, dioramas.

In 1963 Joe De Yong—Charles M. Russell’s only protégé—wrote a tribute to Earl E. Heikka, “What has received far less attention than deserved is the wholly untrained, yet artistically admirable quality of modeling that was produced in the all-too-short-lifetime of Earl Heikka of Great Falls.” Heikka was born in Belt, Montana on May 3, 1910 to Finnish parents.  When he was two years old, the family moved to Great Falls. He was only sixteen years-old when Charles Russell died, so it is uncertain how much time, if any, he observed Russell working in his studio in Great Falls. Like Russell, he learned a great deal about big game by hunting and packing. He also learned from spending time in Rumford’s Taxidermy Shop in Great Falls.

Unfortunately, his most productive years were during the Great Depression when prices for all goods and services dropped dramatically.  Spending on art for even the wealthy was greatly reduced until after WW II.  Heikka worked with mainly wat   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3252 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Earle Erik Heikka

   Publications  Book References:  19
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Earle Erik Heikka
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Montana: Western History The life and western art of E E Hei November 1993 Paladin, Vivian A. No
19 Book References for Earle Erik Heikka
Year Author Title Pages Color
2021 Peterson, Dr. Larry Len The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction 528 Yes
2019 Peterson, Larry Len Blackfeet John L. "Cutapuis" Clarke and the Silent Call of Glacier National Park: America's Wood Sculptor 440 Yes
2007 Scriver, Mary Strachan Bronze Inside and Out: A Biographical Memoir of Bob Scriver 368 No
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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1990 Paladin, Vivian A E E Heikka Sculptor of the American West 125 Yes
1989 Rockwell Museum American Western Art 84 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1983 National Academy of Western Art The 3M Collection of Contemporary Western Art Eleventh Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
0 Yes
1981 Trailside Galleries The Art of Trailside Galleries 88 Yes
1977 Harmsen, Dorothy; Bill Harmsen (Foreward) American Western Art: The Harmsen Collection 256 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1973 Broder, Patricia Janis; Harold McCracken (Intro) Bronzes of the American West 429 Yes
1937 Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay) Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937
(Exhibition catalog)
32 No
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