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SOLD Irvin "Shorty" Shope, CA (1900-1975)
Oil on Canvas
circa 1970
16
" x
24
"
PDC91272-0310-002
SOLD
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      21.25 by 29.25 inches framed. Includes original cheque for purchase of painting on February 10, 1976. Also includes a biography from the Third Annual Rendezvous of Western Art by the Montana Historical Society, September - October 1974. Irvin Shope Biography - "Ginger Renner, who shares with her husband, Fred, honorary chairmanship of this year's RENDEZVOUS, knows a great many western artists by both word and work, and of Helena's Shorty Shope, she once wrote that she would almost rather have a letter from him than a check from home. "In the collection I have and treasure," she said, "is revealed the sense of wonder and enthusiasm and the dedication of this great little man from Montana." Shorty Shope is indeed from Montana, and he is as friendly and direct as the land and its people. He is also a very successful and busy artist, and has been for many years. Born at Boulder, Montana, in 1900, he "could draw a fair horse at six." He rode with his father and brothers on their Circle Arrow Ranch near Boulder until his father's sudden death in 1912. Then the family moved to Missoula, where, in 1913, the well-known artist, Edgar S. Paxson, took an interest in the young man's ability to draw. Aside from coaching him on technique, the pioneer artist imbued him with much lore about Indians and the Western frontier, knowledge which he still values. In 1919, Shope graduated from Missoula County High School, then studied for a year at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, taking night courses in art. He returned to Missoula, and for several years attended the University of Montana "when it didn't interfere with work on cattle ranches, mostly south of Miles City." He graduated in art and history in 1932, married Erva Love, and began selling some of his work, including some wall paintings for the University School of Forestry. For a time, he worked on a Western strip with Montana Glen Chaffin in California, then in 1935, returned to Montana to work on Montana tourist advertising with the late Bob Fletcher, who was responsible for the state's unique historical signs. He studied for one memorable year, in the late 1930s, under the great Harvey Dunn at Grand Central Art School in New York, then returned to Montana to do more work aimed at drawing tourists to Montana, sandwiching in some part time work for the Montana Power Company. In 1950, Shorty Shope became a full-time painter, and his work is all around those who call Helena home. The gold discoverers of Last Chance Gulch were portrayed on a huge canvas for Helena High School; there are four 6 x 11-foot murals at the First National bank, two at the Western Life Insurance Company. Another mural, this one of the famed Broadwater Hotel and Natatorium was later completed for the Helena bank, and five large wall paintings were commissioned for a St. Paul insurance firm. And, of course, Shorty Shope does not paint entirely in large aspect: his smaller paintings are in great demand. He was elected to membership in the Cowboy Artists of America in 1966, and since then has been represented at such galleries as Grand Central and Kennedy in New York and Desert Southwest at Palm Springs. In 1972, the University of Montana awarded him its Distinguished Service Alumni Award, and last year, when the Cowboy Artists held their show in Phoenix, every Shope entry was sold." |
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