{"product_id":"don-louis-perceval-sketch-for-a-bronze-equestrian-statue-ap1956","title":"Don Louis Perceval - Sketch for a Bronze Equestrian Statue AP1956","description":"\u003cp\u003eLooks like a design for a projected work to us. An artist dreaming out loud. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned. Measures 7\" x 10\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Woodford, Essex, England,\u003cstrong\u003e Don Perceval\u003c\/strong\u003e became a noted Southwest painter of landscape and its dwellers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis art talent was encouraged by his mother, a recognized painter in England.  His family moved to Los Angeles, California where he was raised, and he became fascinated by the early history of the state.  He attended the Pasadena Military Academy and Chouinard Art School where he was a student of Nelbert Chouinard and F.T. Chamberlain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy age 19, he was making sketching trips into the desert, and in 1927 was first in Arizona where he became enamored of Hopi and Navajo Indians and their way of life and traditions.  He began illustrating books and became an expert in the history of cattle brands and horsemen's equipment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his late 20s, he returned to England to study at Heatherly Art School and the Royal College of Art.  Here he was exposed for the first time to great collections of paintings and was inspired by classic art.  He also went to Madrid, Spain for four years, and then returned to the Southwest where he did advertising for the Rio Grande Oil Company.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring World War II, he served in the Royal Navy patrolling the Thames Estuary and teaching gunnery, which he did with much acclaim by using cartoons.  He then returned to California.  At the advice of Millard Sheets, he taught at Chouinard Art School and Pomona College, where he organized the centennial celebration of the school.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1952, he lived in Arizona with the Hopi Tribe and in Tucson from 1954 to 1959 where he grew to love the paintings of Maynard Dixon.  He illustrated numerous children's books including for writers Ann Nolan Clark and Will Hayes.  He spent his last years in Santa Barbara.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSources:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEd Ainsworth, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cowboy in Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdan Hughes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtists in California, 1786-1940\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Louis Perceval","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54294983868779,"sku":"elw1793406974803","price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/8037\/3611\/files\/don-louis-perceval---sketch-for-a-bronze-equestrian-statue-ap1956_1.jpg?v=1793406985","url":"https:\/\/whiskerwashfitp.shop\/products\/don-louis-perceval-sketch-for-a-bronze-equestrian-statue-ap1956","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}