biografía de Harry JACKSON (1924-2011)

Lugar de nacimiento: Chicago, IL

Direcciones: Lysite, WY; Lost Cabin, WY/Camaiore, Italy in 1976

Profesión: Painter, sculptor, muralist

Estudios: AIC, 1931-38; with Ed Grigware, Cody, WY, 1938-42; NYC with Tamayo; Brooklyn Mus. Art School, with Hans Hofmann, 1946-48; Fulbright & Italian Govt. grants, 1957.

Exposiciones: Tate Gal., London, England, 1945; PAFA, 1962; Nat. Collection FA, Wash., DC, 1964; NAD, 1964, 1968 (Samuel Finley Breese Morse Gold Medal); XVII Nostra Int. Arte, Premio Fiorino, Florence, Italy, 1966; Nat. Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK, 1966, 1971 (silver med.); Pennational Artists Ann., 1967 (interstate gold med.); Kennedy Gals., NYC, 1970s.

Asociaciones: U.S.M.C. Combat Corresp. Assn.; NSS; Cowboy Artists Am.; AAPL (fellowship); Nat. Acad. Western Art

Obra: Buffalo Bill Mus.; Glenbow Foundation, Calgary; Montana Hist. Soc.; Nat. Acad. Western Art; Whitney Gal. Western Art, Cody; Amon Carter Mus., Fort Worth, TX; Fort Pitt Mus., Pittsburgh, PA; Woolarac Mus., Bartlesville, OK; Am. Mus. Great Britain, Bath, England; Wyoming State Gallery. Commissions: oil murals, Stampede, 1960 & Range Burial, 1966, Whitney Gal. Western Art; Sor Capanna (monument), Piazza dei Mercanti, Rome, 1962; painted sculpture of John Wayne, Time Magazine, 8/8/1969; mem. bronze of Adm. Lord Cochrane, commissioned by Douglas Cochrane, Plaza Cochrane, Valdivia, Chile, 1970; River, Road and Point (mosaics, bronzes & mural), Fort Pitt Mus., Pittsburgh, PA .

Comentarios: Position: official combat artist, U.S.M.C., 1944-45. Contributor: monograph catalogue, Kennedy Gals., 1969; auth.: Lost Wax Bronze Casting," Northland Press, 1972.

Fuentes: WW73; D. Seiberling, "Painter Striving to Find Himself," Life Magazine, 1956; D.G. Lowe, "Death on the Range," Am. Heritage, 1967; J. McGuire, "Harry Jackson a Man and His Art," Barbre Productions, 1972."