Tom Lovell
1909 – 1997
BORN IN
New York City
KNOWN FOR
Western genre painting, magazine and pulp illustrator
A well-known illustrators in New York City and then a painter of Western subjects, Tom Lovell paid great attention to details in his work and, because of this, seldom completed more than a dozen major oil paintings a year.
Lovell was born in New York City and attended high school in Nutley New Jersey. As valedictorian of his class, he spoke on the “Ill Treatment of the American Indian by the U.S. Government,” a harbinger of his depictions of the West. In 1931, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University in New York.
Sold At Lone Star Art Auction
Tom Lovell
(1909 – 1997)
Even Trade
, 1976
oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches
Sold for: $42,000
Tom Lovell
(1909 – 1997)
The Friendly Willows
, 1988
oil on canvas
22 x 38 inches
Sold for: $168,000
Tom Lovell
(1909 – 1997)
White Man’s Corn Tipis
, 1992
charcoal on paper
28.5 x 24 inches
Sold for: $5,400
Tom Lovell
(1909 – 1997)
White Man’s Corn Tipis
, 1993
oil on gesso panel
14 x 12 inches
Sold for: $42,000
