1829-1912 Related Paintings of william r clark :. | t v detta medeltida manuskripda man uskript visar hur alexander forstor falska gudar | sadana har enkla stegar hade man vid bergs bestigning pa 1852 talet | den franske officern overste paul flatter underhandlar med tuareghovdingar | denna vangmalning fran 400 talet hittade stein de tusen buddhornas grotta | man tror att alexander den store undersokte medlhavets botten i en dykarklocka omkring 330 f.kr. | Related Artists:
George WashingtonPataky, LaszloHungarian, 1857-1912
William Robinson Leigh (September 23, 1866 - March 11, 1955) is a noted American artist, who specialized in Western scenes.
He was born at Maidstone Manor Farm, Berkeley County, West Virginia. He entered the Maryland Institute at age 14, then attended the Royal Academy in Munich. He returned to the United States and worked painting cycloramas and as a magazine illustrator. He married and fathered William Colston Leigh, Sr. (1901-1992).
In 1906, Leigh traveled to the American West and maintained a studio in New York City. In 1933, he wrote and illustrated The Western Pony. He also traveled to Africa and published a book Frontiers of Enchantment (1938). Hs adventures were chronicled in a number of popular magazines including Life, the Saturday Evening Post, and Colliers.He is known for painting the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Forest, but his primary interest were the Hopi and Navajo Indians
