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William Leigh

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William Robinson Leigh (1866 - 1955) was active/lived in New York, Maryland, West Virginia / Germany.  William Leigh is known for Frontier genre, landscape and animal paintings.

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 Born near Falling Waters, West Virginia on a plantation a year after the Civil War, and raised in Baltimore, William Leigh became one of the foremost painters of the American West with a career of seventy-five years. Some people referred to him as the "Sagebrush Rembrandt".

He was the son of impoverished Southern aristocrats and took his first art training at age 14 from Hugh Newell (1830-1915) at the Maryland Institute where he was regarded as one of the best students in his class. From 1883 to 1895, he studied in Europe, mainly at the Royal Academy in Munich with Ludwig Loefftz. From 1891 to 1896, he painted six cycloramas or murals in the round, a giant German panorama.

In 1896, he began working as a magazine illustrator in New York City for Scribner's and Collier's Weekly Magazine, and he also painted portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes. However, he was not a very successful artist in those years in New York.

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   Publications  Book References:  124
Magazine References:  19

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19 Miscellaneous Magazine References for William Leigh
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review The Gund Collection at the Eiteljorg Museum February 2006 Campbell, Suzan Yes
The Magazine Antiques The Explorers Club December 2004 Peck, Robert McCracken Yes
American Art Review The Blanton Museum of Art, C.R. Smi December 2004 Saunders, Richard H Yes
Southwest Art Art Events-California September 2004 Gangelhoff, Bonnie No
Southwest Art Art Events June 2004 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art Arizona-Best of the West May 2004 Osterman, Julie Yes
Southwest Art From Sea to Shining Sea May 2004 Stern, Jean No
Southwest Art Art Events- Coast to Coast August 2003 Herrin, Alice Yes
Southwest Art Coast to Coast, Best of the West October 2002 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
American Art Review American Impressionism in Context February 2002 Severens, Martha R Yes
Art & Auction Marketplace February 2001 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
American Art Review Arizona History Through Art April 2000 Reisdorfer, Kathryn Yes
Southwest Art Trauma, Tradition, and Transformat May 1999 May, Stephen Yes
Southwest Art Winds of Change March 1999 May, Stephen Yes
American Art Review William R Leigh: Wyoming Field Sket February 1999 Morand, Anne Yes
American Art Review The Lure of the West October 1997 Archer, Joan/A S Steeby Yes
Art & Auction Eye on American October 1997 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
American Art Review American West June 1994 AR editors Yes
American Art Review Home on the Range June 1994 AR editors Yes
124 Book References for William Leigh
Year Author Title Pages Color
2021 Peterson, Dr. Larry Len The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction 528 Yes
2012 Fillmore, Gary Shadows on the Mesa: Artists of the Painted Desert and Beyond 288 Yes
2010 Fillmore, Gary Canyon Magic Landmark Art from the Picerne Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 77 Yes
2009 Harris, Adam Duncan Wildlife in American Art: Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art 262 Yes
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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
2003 Clemmer, David Serenading the Light: Painters of the Desert Southwest (Collection of Billy Schenck) 120 Yes
2003 Tierney, Curtis (editor) Recounting the Old West II: Important Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper 71 Yes
2002 Hassrick, Peter H Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in America's First National Park 248 Yes
2000 Blue, Martha Indian Trader: The Life and Times of J.L. Hubbell 356 No
2000 Brodell, James; Peter Occhiogrosso; Louis Zona (foreward) Gregory Perillo and the Masters of American Western Art 200 Yes
2000 Cuthbert, John A. Early Art and Artists in West Virginia 301 Yes
2000 Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942 606 No
2000 Tierney, Curtis (Editor) Recounting the Old West: Gallery Selections-Thomas Nygard Gallery 44 Yes
2000 Troccoli, Joan Carpenter Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection 218 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers) 0 No
1998 Kinsey, Joni Louise The Majesty of the Grand Canyon 150 Years in Art 159 Yes
1998 McCann, Chris (Author); Louis Darling (Illustrator) Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles 223 Yes
1997 Boehme, Sarah E Whitney Gallery of American Art 78 Yes
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1996 Hagerty, Donald J Canyon de Chelly 100 Years of Painting and Photography 120 Yes
1996 Kramer, Barbara Nampeyo and Her Pottery 224 No
1995 Flynn, Kathryn A Treasures on New Mexico Trails Discover New Deal Art and Architecture 320 Yes
1994 Skolnick, Arnold/Suzan Campbell Paintings of the Southwest 128 No
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)		 408 Yes
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
1993 Stragnell, Robert Landscapes of the West
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 No
1992 Lublin, Mary American Selections 1850-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 163 Yes
1992 Stewart, Dr. Rick; Don Hedgpeth The American West: John F. Eulich Collection Legendary Artists of the Frontier
(Exhibition catalog)		 56 Yes
1992 Strazdes, Diana American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art 511 Yes
1991 Cunningham, Elizabeth West West West Major Paintings from the Anschutz Collection 131 Yes
1991 D'Emilio, Sandra; Suzan Campbell Visions & Visionaries Art and Artists of the Santa Fe Railway 147 Yes
1991 Falk, Peter Hastings Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 335 No
1990 Axelrod, Alan Art of the Golden West 418 Yes
1990 Boehme, Sarah E Rendezvous to Roundup: The First 100 Years of Wyoming Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 49 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1990 Samuels, Peggy (others) Techniques of the Artists of the American West 252 Yes
1989 Rockwell Museum American Western Art 84 Yes
1989 Trenton, Patricia/P T Houlihan Native Americans Five Centuries of Changing Images 304 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Fees, Paul; Sarah E Boehme Frontier America: Art From Buffalo Bill Historical Center 128 Yes
1988 Saunders, Richard H Collecting the West The C R Smith Collection of Western American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 211 Yes
1988 Thrapp, Dan Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: Volume Two (G-0) 573 No
1987 Hassrick, Royal B History of Western American Art 192 Yes
1987 Mitchem, Holly (Essay); Tray Mead (Editor) Capturing the Canyon: Artists in the Grand Canyon 42 Yes
1986 Larson, Judy L American Illustration 1890-1925 Romance, Adventure and Suspense 159 Yes
1986 Novak, Barbara Nineteenth Century American Painting Thyssen Bornemiszma Collection 326 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Kloss, William/C C Eldredge Treasures from the National Museu of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 254 Yes
1984 Chase, Katherin L Brushstrokes on the Plateau An Overview of Anglo Art on the Colorado Plateau 34 Yes
1984 Hassrick, Peter H Treasures of the Old West Thomas Gilcrease Institute 127 Yes
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1984 Schmitt, Victoria Sandwick Four Centuries of Sporting Art 165 No
1983 Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds Paintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection 273 Yes
1983 Cunningham, Elizabeth Masterpieces of the American West Selections from the Anschutz Collection 152 Yes
1983 Foxley, William Frontier Spirit: William Foxley Collection Museum of Western Art 200 Yes
1983 Peters, Gerald The Gerald Peters Collection A Selection of Paintings 96 Yes
1983 Wright, R Lewis Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist 200 No
1982 Dippie, Brian W Remington and Russell (plus 9 western painters) 188 Yes
1982 Dobbs, Joanne; Jerry A. Schefcik A Western American Vision of Art, History and Work Francis King Collection 52 Yes
1982 Hunt, David C; Marsha V. Gallagher Legacy of the West 157 Yes
1982 Johnson, Fridolf Treasury of American Pen-and-Ink Illustration 1881 to 1938 149 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1982 Trenton, Patricia The West as Art Western Art in Calfornia Collections
(Exhibition catalog)		 197 Yes
1981 Anschutz Collection Painters of the American West Selections from the Anschutz Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 150 Yes
1981 Eiteljorg, Harrison Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection 172 Yes
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1981 Parsons, James The Art Fever Passages through the Western Art Trade
(Exhibition catalog)		 111 Yes
1981 San Diego Museum of Art The Cowboy
(Exhibition catalog)		 89 Yes
1981 Stern, Jean Western Masters: A Comprehensive Exhibition Petersen Galleries
(Exhibition catalog)		 124 Yes
1980 Ballinger, James K Visitors to Arizona 1846-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 206 Yes
1980 Cummings, D Duane William Robinson Leigh: Western Artist 0 Yes
1979 Broder, Patricia Janis Great Paintings of the Old American West Thomas Gilcrease Institute Collection 155 Yes
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1979 Myers, Fred The Treasures of Gilcrease (Tulsa OK) 106 Yes
1978 Getlein, Frank The Lure of the Great West 352 Yes
1978 Schimmel, Julie; Gilbert Tapley Vincent Stark Museum of Art: The Western Collection 244 Yes
1977 DuBois, June W R Leigh The Definitive Illustrated Biography 209 Yes
1977 Krakel, Dean Adventures in Western Art 377 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1976 Stebbins, Theodore E American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper 464 Yes
1975 Ballinger, James K The American West Selections/Kennedy Galleries
(Exhibition catalog)		 24 Yes
1975 Dykes, Jeff Fifty Great Western Illustrators A Bibliographic Checklist 456 Yes
1975 Heckscher Museum American Painting 32 Yes
1975 Phoenix Art Museum Art of Arizona & the Southwest Paintings from Santa Fe Industries Inc
(Exhibition catalog)		 25 Yes
1974 Schriever, George; Dean Krakel (Intro) American Masters in the West Selections from the Anschutz Collections
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1974 Ward, Johanna Walsh The Renaisance of Western Art 144 Yes
1973 Broder, Patricia Janis; Harold McCracken (Intro) Bronzes of the American West 429 Yes
1973 Maxwell Galleries Art of the West
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 Yes
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1972 Forster, Peggy; Julie Snow Birkhimer; Mae Huntington Permanent Collection Catalog Springville Museum of Art 75 Yes
1971 Harmsen, Dorothy Harmsen's Western Americana 212 Yes
1971 Rossi, Paul/David Hunt The Art of the Old West From the Collection of the Gilcrease Institute 335 Yes
1971 Steadman, William E The West and Walter Bimson Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture 223 Yes
1970 Flexner, James Thomas Nineteenth Century American Painting 256 No
1970 Phoenix Art Museum Art of the Western Scene 1880-194
(Exhibition catalog)		 28 No
1968 Ainsworth, Ed; John Wayne (Foreward) The Cowboy in Art 242 Yes
1966 Dodd, Loring Holmes With An Eye on the Gallery American Painters in Oil 251 No
1966 Hinkhouse, F M An Exhibition of Paintings of the Southwest From the Santa Fe Railway Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 26 No
1965 Barrie, Erwin S (editor) Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc 1965 Year Book
(Exhibition catalog)		 73 No
1964 Read Mullan Gallery Read Mullan Gallery of Western Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 40 Yes
1957 Eliot, Alexander Three Hundred Years of American Painting 318 Yes
1956 McCracken, Harold Western Paintings A Distinguished Collection (of) 32 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1953 Taft, Robert Artists and Illustrators- Old West 1850-1900 400 No
1952 McCracken, Harold Portrait of the Old West 216 Yes
1951 Carlson, Raymond (Editor) Gallery of Western Paintings 86 Yes
1938 Leigh, W.R. Frontiers of Enchantment (An Artist's Adventures in Africa) 299 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
1931 Neuhaus, Eugen The History and Ideals of American Art 444 No
1921 Bryant, Lorinda Munson American Pictures & their Painters 307 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 281 No
Tenenbaum, F. (Curator) American Painting: The Heckscher Museum 32 Yes
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