Lot 130
KEN CARLSON (American/Texas b. 1937) A PAINTING, "Grizzly Bear, Native Beast of North America," 1999,
oil on masonite, signed L/L, "Carlson;" 44 1/4" x 59", framed 56 1/2" x 71".
- Provenance: Esteemed Private Estate, Houston, Texas; Heritage Auctions, American Art Signature Auction, July 1, 2020, Dallas, Texas, property from the L.D. "Brink" Brinkman collection, commissioned from the artist, 1999; the artist.
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Notes:
Born and raised in Morton, along the banks of the Minnesota River in southwestern Minnesota, Ken Carlson developed an early affinity for the wildlife that he so skillfully paints as a mature artist. He took his early art training with Walter Wilderding, head of the Art Instruction School in Minneapolis, and after high school graduation, moved to Minneapolis where he attended the Minneapolis School of Art and also did illustration work for a local TV station and a newspaper. He spent evenings at the zoo studying the animals, and the director gave him a key so he could roam at will. However, he was attacked by a bull elk, which sent him to the hospital, and later in Alaska, he was charged by a bull moose. In 1972, he illustrated a coffee-table book on North American birds, and two years later had his first one-man show of bird paintings in New York. But he found he was more successful with the large animals such as moose, bears, bull elk, caribou, and bison. He and his wife, Mary Lea, lived for a period in California, then in Montana, and then settled in Kerrville, Texas whose charms he discovered on a turkey hunt. He spends his days studying and painting big game animals and also does woodworking. Dedicated to saving wildlife in their habitats, he was named the "Living Legend for Wildlife Art" in 1998 by the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep. His work with that organization began in the 1980s when he created posters for their fundraising, which is used for research centers and game departments.
Carlson's works have been exhibited:
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, Oklahoma City, OK, 1988-2014;
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Western Visions, Jackson, WY , 1987-2014;
Autry National Center, Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale, Los Angeles, CA, 2002-2013;
Steamboat Art Museum, Solo Show, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 2010;
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, 1996;
Genesee County Museum, Mumford, NY.
Awards:
Briscoe Western Art Museum, Briscoe Legacy Award, San Antonio, Texas, 2011
Steamboat Art Museum, Carlson Exhibition
"Influences and Inspirations", Steamboat Springs, CO, 2010
Autry National Center, Bob Kuhn Wildlife Award, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Sporting Classics Magazine, Sporting Art Award of Excellence, 2006
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Major General and Mrs. Don Pittman Wildlife Award, Jackson Hole, WY, 2001, 2004
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Artist of the Year, Missoula, MT, 2000
Prix de West, Frederic Remington Award, Oklahoma City, OK, 1999
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Distinguished Master Artist, Wasau, WI, 1996
Frederic Remington Award, 1999
Sports Afield Magazine, Eminent Wildlife Artists Award, 1987 -
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No apparent repairs or damages.
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