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Peter Hurd  American  1904 -1984
Born: Roswell, New Mexico, United States 
Studied: West Point 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
Examples of Work: Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington 
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC 
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA 
Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico 
Specialty: Painter
Illustrator
Style/School: Realism
Subjects Known For: American Southwest
Portraits
Memberships: National Academy of Design p. ANA 1941; NA 1942
Advisory Council to the School of Art and Architecture, Yale 
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
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Peter Hurd attended West Point Military Academy from 1921-23 and then studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. In 1929 Hurd married Andrew Wyeth's sister Henrietta and moved to a ranch in New Mexico. He painted wit... (More)

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