A Native American finding a Raggedy Ann doll on a lonely western road. A man

teaching his blonde, gingham-dressed, settler wife how to shoot a rifle. A trio

of Indians warming their hands over the chimney of a snow-buried cabin in an

otherwise empty landscape. These are just three of the stories told through the

art of Tom Lovell, considered by his peers one of the deans of Western art.

But that’s not all. He was equally famous for his exciting and thought-

provoking illustrations for such magazines as Life, The Saturday Evening Post

and National Geographic—as well as his stirring images of sweeping Civil War

battles which were considered so definitive that they were telecast as part of

the famous Public Television documentary on the conflict and published in the

accompanying best-selling book.

Lovell was the first artist to win the National Academy of Western Art’s

highest honor, the Prix de West, twice. He was elected to the Society of

Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1974 and eventually named a Hall of Fame Laureate.

In 1992, he was honored by both the National Academy of Western Art and the

National Cowboy Hall of Fame with a Lifetime Achievement Award and a

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Berdan's Sharpshooters - Second Day at Getteysburg by Tom Lovell	Carson's Boat Yard by Tom Lovell	Chiricahua Scout by Tom Lovell
Dry Goods and Molasses by Tom Lovell	Fires Along the Oregon Trail by Tom Lovell	Invitation to Trade by Tom Lovell
North Country Rider by Tom Lovell	Quicksand at Horsehead Crossing by Tom Lovell	Shotgun Toll by Tom Lovell
Sugar in the Coffee by Tom Lovell	Surrender at Appomattox by Civil War artist Tom Lovell	The Battle of the Crater by Tom Lovell
The Blackfeet Wall by Tom Lovell	The Deceiver by western artist Tom Lovell	The Handwarmer by Tom Lovell
The Hunter by Tom Lovell	The Lost Rag Doll by Tom Lovell	The Mud Owl's Warning by Tom Lovell
The Wheelsoakers by Tom Lovell	Time of the Coldmaker by Tom Lovell	Union Fleet Passing Vicksburg by Tom Lovell

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