THREE TITLES ABOUT THE WORK OF NEW MEXICO ARTIST PAUL HURD

Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A lot of 3 titles by or about artist Peter Hurd. each inscribed by Hurd to a close friend and patron. Horgan, Paul. PETER HURD: A PORTRAIT SKETCH FROM LIFE. Austin: University of Texas press, 1971 ; Published for the Amon Carter Museum of Art, 1971 (1964). Third printing. 68 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. As new in dustjacket. Meigs, John (editor). Wyeth, Andrew (introduction). PETER HURD: THE LITHOGRAPHS. Lubbock, TX: Baker Gallery Press, 1969 (1968). Second edition. Reproduces 60 plates from 1935 -1938. Some soiling of dustjacket, book fine. PETER HURD; SKETCH BOOK. Chicago: Swallow Press, 1971. Large oblong. Reproduces 114 works in color, with attribution appendix. Dustjacket moderately rubbed/ soiled. book near fine. Peter Hurd (1904 - 1984) was an American painter whose work is strongly associated with the people and landscapes of San Patricio, New Mexico, where he lived from the 1930s. He is equally acclaimed for his portraits and his western landscapes. Early in his life, Hurd studied in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania under the noted illustrator N. C. Wyeth, along with two of his grown children. Hurd later married the painter's eldest daughter, Henriette Wyeth, who also is known as an accomplished painter. During World War II, Hurd worked for Life magazine as a war correspondent attached to the US Air Force. He created hundreds of "War Sketches".Hurd also was commissioned to paint the official portraits of two heads of state, United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. (Sourde: Wikipedia).