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In
Denver, friends gather in Jacob’s loft
where he says, “I’m the mouthpiece.” He
has gone to Spain, Russia, Morocco, and
the South Seas to study and sketch and
been featured in American Artist,
Persimmon Hill, and Southwest
Art.
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Ned Jacob
(b.1938)
A painter of the modern West,
Jacob was born in Elizabethton,
Tennessee and has been living in
Denver since 1966. “My goal in
drawing,” he states,” is to
describe the subject accurately
and expressively with a minimum
of means. I work quickly. I have
a strong tendency to put things
down simply. I just can’t seem
to work slow.”
A dealer described his technique
as “Ned draws the way other
people talk.
After growing up in New Jersey,
Jacob hitchhiked to Montana with
$50 and a high school diploma.
He had worked as a guide and as
a trading post clerk when he met
the painter Ace Powell who
taught him art fundamentals.
Jacob lived with the Blackfeet
until he hitched to Taos in 1961
because he was impressed with
Nicolai Fechin’s colors. Bettina
Steinke taught him drawing, A.D.
Greer advised on colors, Robert
Lougheed took him on field
trips, and a circle of other
young painters offered support.
His practice in painting is to
make a small color sketch for
each work because “If it’s a
small painting and you find a
problem, it’s a small problem.”
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Resource: Contemporary Western
Artists, by Peggy and Harold
Samuels 1982, Judd’s Inc.,
Washington, D.C. |
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