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Birth
1883 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Death
1960 (Cottonwood, Arizona)
Lived/Active
Pennsylvania/California/Arizona
Copyright by Owner
Often Known For
cowboy genre painting, illustration, graphics
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Painters of Grand Canyon
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Taos Pre 1940
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Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lon Megargee, at age 13, ran away from his upper class home and went West in 1896 led by his zest for the wild and adventuresome life. There he established a reputation as a cowboy painter and illustrator with work most associated with Arizona Brewing Company ads featuring humorous aspects of cowboy life.
In his youth, he worked as a free-lance cowboy, exhibition roper, poker dealer, and bronco buster in Arizona, and then went east aga (showing 500 of 6460 characters). |
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