One of the more popular outdoor artists of Kephart’s time was Philip R. Goodwin, 1881 – 1935. A splendid collection of his art from the “Golden Age of American Illustration,” originally published in 2001 by Coeur d’Alene Art Auction and Settlers West Galleries, is being re-published this month by Mountain Press Publishing Company:
Philip R. Goodwin: America’s Sporting and Wildlife Artist
By Larry L. Peterson and Brian W. Dippie
ISBN 0-87842-540-3
http://mountain-press.com/item_detail.php?item_key=401
Goodwin produced what was known as “cabin art,” which often depicted hunters, cowboys, Indians, fishermen, and the camping life. His art was published as calendars, magazine illustrations in National Sportsman, Saturday Evening Post, and others, and was seen in gun and ammunition advertisements, including those by Winchester.
A biographical article called “Goodwin’s Life: An Illustrated Adventure” by Erin Anderson can be read at http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/6aa/6aa209.htm
Anderson writes that “[Goodwin] was an avid sportsman and outdoorsman and befriended Charles Russell, N.C. Wyeth, Carl Rungius, Theodore Roosevelt, Will Rogers, and Ernest Seton Thompson.”
If I could just confirm that Goodwin and Kephart were friends, it would be too sweet.
Samples of his paintings, and several by other “cabin artists,” can be found at http://studio7b.com/vintage-art-prints/cabin-art.html
