(1899 - 1956) Watercolor; 8 1/2" x 11" framed. Chicago's cowboy painter of the "old west." Leonard spent much of his time in the west living with the Native Americans and roaming the Great Plains and desert country. While he traveled, he painted and captured scenes from working as a ranch hand, roaming, living with the Natives, exploring the Grand Canyon, Badlands and life in cattle country. He studied at the Chicago Art Institute and Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
No doubt his great love and admiration for early rough and rugged west of long ago was his major influence. He preserved and described action which showed characters true to their habits and period - Frontier days of the Plains, the Gold Rush, frontier towns, stagecoaches, the Pioneer Days, Buffalo Bill and the Scouts - the hardships and struggles of the most important epoch of nation's history.
PERIOD: Late 20th Century
ORIGIN: Illinois, United States
SIZE: 8 1/2" x 11" frame 18" x 16"