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Painter, Illustrator, b. 1902 - d. 1986

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  • Ben Carlton Mead (1902-1986 Amarillo, TX)
    Jun. 14, 2011

    Ben Carlton Mead (1902-1986 Amarillo, TX)

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    ''The Mission Santa Ynez, CA 1870, Before Restoration'', 1984, signed lower left: Ben Carlton Mead, oil on canvas

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez
    Dec. 16, 2009

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez Mission Oil on linen 36 x 60 inches (91.4 x 152.4 cm) Signed lower left: Ben Carlton Mead Ben Carleton Mead was born in Bay City, Texas, but spent most of his childhood in Amarillo. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1923-1926, was a staff artist for the Witte Museum in San Antonio, and taught art at Amarillo Junior College. During the Great Depression, Mead was commissioned by the WPA to do several murals throughout the Southwest, most notably in the Tucumcari County courthouse. Santa Ynez Mission has a strong narrative quality similar to Mead's Depression-era murals and portrays life in the wide-open spaces of the American Southwest.

    Heritage Auctions
  • BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Storm over
    Jul. 16, 2009

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Storm over

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Storm over Palo Duro Oil on masonite 16-1/4 x 22 inches (41.3 x 55.9 cm) Signed lower left: Ben Carlton Mead Ben Carleton Mead was born in Bay City, Texas, but spent most of his childhood in Amarillo. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1923-1926, was a staff artist for the Witte Museum in San Antonio, and taught art at Amarillo Junior College. During the Great Depression, Mead was commissioned by the WPA to do several murals throughout the Southwest, most notably in the Tucumcari County courthouse. Santa Ynez Mission has a strong narrative quality similar to Mead's Depression-era murals and portrays life in the wide-open spaces of the American Southwest. Storm over Palo Duro Canyon is a stunning landscape painting of the famous West Texas canyon, where Mead lived on a ranch during most of the 1930s. The bright, expressive colors of the landscape, a vivid interpretation of the naturally colorful canyon, contrast beautifully with the gray-blue sky. Mead has captured the beauty, mood, power, and feeling of anxiety invoked by the vision of a distant thunderstorm sweeping across West Texas.

    Heritage Auctions
  • BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez
    Jul. 16, 2009

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez

    Est: $9,000 - $11,000

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez Mission Oil on linen 36 x 60 inches (91.4 x 152.4 cm) Signed lower left: Ben Carlton Mead Ben Carleton Mead was born in Bay City, Texas, but spent most of his childhood in Amarillo. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1923-1926, was a staff artist for the Witte Museum in San Antonio, and taught art at Amarillo Junior College. During the Great Depression, Mead was commissioned by the WPA to do several murals throughout the Southwest, most notably in the Tucumcari County courthouse. Santa Ynez Mission has a strong narrative quality similar to Mead's Depression-era murals and portrays life in the wide-open spaces of the American Southwest.

    Heritage Auctions
  • BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez
    Jan. 24, 2009

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez

    Est: $12,000 - $18,000

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez Mission Oil on linen 36 x 60 inches (91.4 x 152.4 cm) Signed lower left: Ben Carlton Mead Ben Carleton Mead was born in Bay City, Texas, but spent most of his childhood in Amarillo. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1923-1926, was a staff artist for the Witte Museum in San Antonio and taught art at Amarillo Junior College. During the Great Depression, Mead was commissioned by the WPA to do several murals throughout the Southwest, most notably in the Tucumcari county courthouse. Santa Ynez Mission has a strong narrative quality similar to Mead's Depression-era murals and portrays life in the wide-open spaces of the American Southwest.

    Heritage Auctions
  • BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez Mission Oil on linen 36 x 60 inches (91.4 x 152.4 cm) Signed lower left: Ben Carlton Mead Ben Carlton Mead was born in Bay City and lived in Amarillo, Lamesa, Plainview, and Tulsa. Mead studied at the
    May. 08, 2008

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez Mission Oil on linen 36 x 60 inches (91.4 x 152.4 cm) Signed lower left: Ben Carlton Mead Ben Carlton Mead was born in Bay City and lived in Amarillo, Lamesa, Plainview, and Tulsa. Mead studied at the

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    BEN CARLTON MEAD (American, 1902-1986) Santa Ynez Mission Oil on linen 36 x 60 inches (91.4 x 152.4 cm) Signed lower left: Ben Carlton Mead Ben Carlton Mead was born in Bay City and lived in Amarillo, Lamesa, Plainview, and Tulsa. Mead studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, focusing on illustration and commercial art. In 1932, he moved back to Amarillo to live in his ranch home in Palo Duro Canyon and teach at Amarillo College. That same year, the Witte Museum commissioned Mead to sketch the Indian pictographs in Edwards County. Mead lived and worked in Dallas from 1941 to 1967 as art director for an advertising agency. Besides his advertising career, Mead enjoyed success as a magazine and book illustrator, focusing primarily on southwestern scenes and themes. He worked with J. Frank Dobie on Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest, I'll Tell You a Tale, and Cow People. He also worked with Frontier Times and True West magazines. Once retired, he was able to focus on his historic research and southwestern painting. In 1981, he settled in Santa Ynez Valley. This painting is the last great historic subject he produced before he died. The Santa Ynez Mission was founded in 1804 to serve the peaceful Chumash Indians and serve as a link between the Santa Barbara and La Purisima Conception Missions. Having experienced many changes since its founding, often times tumultuous ones, Mission Santa Ynez remains rich in tradition, legend, and history. The mission, which commands a superb view of the Santa Ynez River Valley and the Santa Ynez and San Raphael mountain ranges, continues its central role in the social and spiritual life of the community. The mission is an active parish church of approximately 1,000 families and is administered by the Franciscan order.

    Heritage Auctions
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