Lynn Bogue Hunt
1878-1960
BORN IN
Mineola, New York
KNOWN FOR
Illustration-outdoor genre, wildlife
From the introduction to the book, Lynn Bogue Hunt: A Sporting Life by Kevin C. Shelly: Submitted by the author.
Lynn Bogue Hunt lived in two worlds throughout his 82 years. Born into a well-off family, he grew up poor, raised by a single parent: the tattered coat worn to his high school graduation was patched and let out; his mismatched pants second-hand. Money mattered to Hunt the rest of his life.
One of his favorite sayings as an adult was: “Art for art’s sake, but money for God’s sake!” During the Depression his popular and prolific artwork earned him as much as $50,000 a year – about $650,000 in today’s dollars.
