All Aboard: The Life and Work of Marjorie Reed

Gary Fillmore

ISBN 10: 0764331116 / ISBN 13: 9780764331114

Published by Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: All Aboard: The Life and Work of Marjorie Reed
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764331116
• ISBN 13: 9780764331114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Marjorie Reed was a prominent 20th century Western artist best known for her paintings of the Butterfield-Overland Stage Trail. Reed made her living solely as a freelance artist for over 65 years and left behind a significant body of work. Every bit as colorful as the art is her biographical account. Reed’s romantic attachment to her subject matter took her from a life of ease in the Hollywood Hills to rustic shacks in the Southwestern deserts and Bedouin tents in the Middle East. This account gives deep insight into Reed's character and personality. This book offers the first comprehensive account of Reed's life and work. She was an extremely private individual who led a transient lifestyle, claiming at the age of 81 to have moved once for each year she was alive. As a result, little biographical information about this respected and sought artist has been available... until now. Beautifully illustrated with over 300 color plates of her paintings and scores of never-before-published personal photographs, this volume tracks her beginnings as a 16 year-old commercial artist in Los Angeles until the last painting on her easel at the time of her death six decades later.

About the Author

Gary Fillmore is an art appraiser, dealer, collector, author and independent scholar. He has been the owner and operator of the Blue Coyote Gallery in Cave Creek, Arizona since 2002, specializing in early 20th century and Native American art.

In addition to being a regular contributor to Askart.com, Gary has authored several books including "Shadows on the Mesa-Artists of the Painted Desert and Beyond" and "All Aboard-The Life and Work of Marjorie Reed." In 2012 he was accepted as an Associate Member of The Western Writers of America. He lives with his wife Barbara in Cave Creek, Arizona.