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SANDY INGERSOLL (1908 – 1989)

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SANDY INGERSOLL (1908 – 1989)
SANDY INGERSOLL (1908 – 1989)
Mountain Cabin
Hand Tinted Etching, 4 7/8" x 4 3/8", edition #69/75
signed lower right
Sandy Ingersoll was born in Canyon Ferry, Montana and spent
most of his life living in the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana.
His family was among the original settlers that came to Montana
when it was a territory. Sandy's Grandfather was an early Helena
physician and his father drove stagecoach. As a youth he worked for
several cattle outfits, which became subjects for his later artwork. In
1929 he married Lola James and they moved briefly to Yakima, WA,
so he could practice commercial art. This career was short lived and
they moved back to western Montana where he returned to farm and
cattle work. Up to this point, he was primarily a self-taught artist. In
the 1930's he spent four years studying art through correspondence
courses. In the early 1940's he went to Great Falls to learn sign
painting. In Great Falls he met O.C. Seltzer. He found Seltzer a
demanding taskmaster, but one who is credited with teaching
him the finer points of drawing and painting. Eventually settling
in Stevensville, MT, Ingersoll became a full-time artist in 1962.
He supplemented his income by running a small print shop and
teaching art classes. He produced serigraphs, drawings, watercolors,
and oils. His themes are mostly Native American and cowboys set in
central and western Montana.