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Edgar Alwin Payne  American  1883 -1947
Born: Washburn, Missouri, United States 
Died: Hollywood, California, United States 
Studied: Art Institute of Chicago 
Exhibited: Paris Salon 1923
Examples of Work: Art Institute of Chicago 
Indianapolis Museum of Art 
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, California 
National Academy of Design 
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC 
Pasadena Art Museum, California 
Springville Museum of Art, Utah 
University of Nebraska 
Clay Country Court House, Indiana 
Hendricks County Court House, Indiana 
Northern Hotel, Billings, Montana 
Queen Theatre, Houston, Texas 
Specialty: Painter
Muralist
Sign Painter
Style/School: Landscape
Subjects Known For: Nature
Mountains
Memberships: Allied Artists of America 
California Art Club 
Chicago Artists Society 
Laguna Beach Art Association 
Salmagundi Club, New York 
Palette and Chisel Club 
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Edgar Alwin Payne
Born Missouri, 1883
Died California, 1947

At the age of fourteen, Edgar Payne left his childhood home of Washburn, Missouri, to travel the United States and Mexico. Payne survived by performing odd jobs including painting signs, stage set... (More)


Edgar Payne was a chiefly self-taught artist who left home at the age of 14 to travel through the Ozarks to Mexico, painting houses, stage sets and signs. He later became well known for his landscape paintings of the Sierra ... (More)

Edgar Payne was born in Washburn, Missouri on March 1, 1883. Payne left home at age 14 and found work painting houses, stage sets and signs. Except for a brief period at the Art Institute of Chicago, Payne remained a self-tau... (More)

Landscape painter, muralist. Born in Washburn, Missouri on March 1, 1883. Payne left home at the age 14 and found work painting houses, stage sets and signs. His travels took him through the Ozarks and into Mexico. Except for a brief period at the Art Institute of Chicago, he remained a self-taug... (More)

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