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John Hampton (1918-2000)

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John Hampton (1918-2000)
The Tracker 16 x 24 Oil on canvas Signed lower left John Hampton 63 VERSO: Altermann & Morris Galleries. John Wade Hampton, a founder and early president of the Cowboy Artists of America, John was raised in Brooklyn, New York where he developed a love for the west from watching early Tom Mix movies. Eventually settling in Arizona, John gained international recognition as both a painter and sculptor of cowboy life learning first hand from living much of his life in the Southwest. It was in 1977 when Hampton tried his hand at bronze work and won the gold medal at the Cowboy Artists of America show. John spent the last years of his life in Sonoita, AZ