Conrad Schwiering
born Boulder, Colorado, 1916; died Monterey, California, 1986
Schwiering took a minor in arts at the University of Wyoming, studied under Robert Grahame in Denver and then studied at the Art Students League, New York. After World War II, he settled in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In 1981 the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City held a solo exhibition of his work followed by a second retrospective at the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, in 1985. In 1981 he was one of six artists chosen by PBS for their Profiles in American Art series. In 1999, the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming acquired his collection of sketches and field studies.
Sources: National Museum of Wildlife Art and AskArt.com
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