Maynard Dixon is considered by many art collectors to be the premier artist of the West. His ability to capture the land and its inhabitants, in a nonjudgmental and honest way, has left an indelible legacy. Born on a ranch near Fresno, California in the San Joaquin Valley on January 24, 1875, Maynard Dixon, originally named Henry St. John Dixon which later changed to Lafayette Maynard Dixon on September 8, 1875, became a noted illustrator, landscape, and mural painter of the early 20th-century American West, especially the desert, Indians, early settlers, and cowboys. ... The Arizona paintings represent the entire gamut of painting styles Maynard Dixon utilized during his productive career. Heavy impasto and bold colors are typical of his work in the teens. Many of these canvases depict real places and people that Dixon experienced between 1914, and 1916. By the twenties, Maynard Dixon expanded his technique, experimenting with both post-Impressionism, and Cubism. Surrounded by the landscape and people of Southern Arizona in the final years of his life, Maynard Dixon created works with a sparing use of paint and subdued color scheme. Paintings utilizing Maynard Dixon’s powerful command of light and shadow are often considered quintessential Dixon works. Source: http://www.maynarddixonpaintings.com/ He was married for a time to American photographer Dorothea Lange. undefined

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