Conrad Schwiering
Conrad Schwiering | |
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| Born | August 8, 1916 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 1986 (aged 69) Monterey, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of Wyoming Art Students League of New York |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | Mary Ethel Smith |
Conrad Schwiering, also known as Connie Schwiering, (August 8, 1916 - January 27, 1986) was an American landscape painter from Wyoming.
Early life
[edit]Schwiering was born on August 8, 1916, in Boulder, Colorado.[1] He was educated in Laramie, Wyoming, where his father was the dean of the College of Education at the University of Wyoming.[2]
Schwiering attended the University of Wyoming as a member of Sigma Nu and the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business in 1938.[1][2] He studied under Charles Shepard Chapman at the Art Students League of New York in New York City in 1941,[1] and served in the United States Army during World War II until 1946.[2]
Career
[edit]Schwiering became a painter in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 1947,[2] and he opened a gallery in the Wort Hotel the following year.[3] One of his mentors was Clifford Hansen, who subsequently served as the governor of Wyoming.[1] Schwiering did paintings of Wyoming landscapes, including the Tetons.[1][2] He also painted in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and in Mexico.[4]
Schwiering was a regionalist, a realist,[1] and an impressionist.[2] His work was exhibited at the Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma.[2] Schwiering was a founding member of the National Academy of Western Art, and he appeared in Who's Who in American Art.[1]
Personal life and death
[edit]Schwiering married Mary Ethel Smith in 1939.[2]
Schwiering died of a heart attack on January 27, 1986, in Monterey, California, at age 69.[4][3] He was buried in Teton County, Wyoming.[4]
Further reading
[edit]- Wakefield, Bob (1973). Schwiering and the West. Aberdeen, South Dakota: North Plains Press. ISBN 9780879701284. OCLC 673640.
- Krakel, Dean (1981). Conrad Schwiering: Painting on the Square. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Powder River Book Co. ISBN 9780932154101. OCLC 8670696.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Longtime resident Conrad Schwiering dies at 68". Jackson Hole News. January 29, 1986. p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Community pays last respects to Conrad Schiering". Jackson Hole News. Jackson, Wyoming. February 12, 1986. p. 27. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Deaths: Conrad Schwiering". The San Francisco Examiner. January 29, 1986. p. 28. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Moulton, Candy (January 29, 1986). "Artist Conrad Schwiering dies". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyoming. p. 15. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1916 births
- 1986 deaths
- People from Boulder, Colorado
- People from Laramie, Wyoming
- People from Jackson, Wyoming
- University of Wyoming alumni
- Art Students League of New York alumni
- Artists from Wyoming
- American male painters
- 20th-century American painters
- American landscape painters
- 20th-century American male artists
- Painters from Wyoming