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Maynard Dixon's Arizona, Western Art Collector 2008

The California-born artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) first traveled to Arizona in 1900 to absorb what he believed was a vanishing West. Dixon found Arizona a visually inspiring and spiritual place that shaped the course of his paintings and ultimately defined him. Dixon journeyed to Arizona as many as 10 times between 1900 and 1940, when he made Tucson his winter home. He ultimately created a body of work that established his significance within the vanguard of artists who portray Western…

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