Western Injunooity Post Card by George Phippen

George Phippen                                        

Paper Postcard       8.5"W X 5.5"H 

George Phippen, Joe Beeler, John Hampton & Charlie Dye founded the Cowboy Artists of America in 1965 to encourage the creation and collection of western art in the tradition of Charles Russell and Fredric Remington.  Phippen created 15 covers for Western Horseman Magazine in the 50's and 60's and 60 paintings for Brown & Bigelow. He signed a contract with Brown & Bigelow to do one painting a month for $1,000 a painting.