DONALD TEAGUE (1897 - 1991)
Artist
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Born in Brooklyn, NY on Nov. 27, 1897. Teague
studied at the ASL in NYC under Bridgman, Cornwell,
and DuMond and, after serving in WWI, with Norman
Wilkinson in England. He moved to California in 1938
and lived in Encino until 1949 when he settled in
Carmel. Teague was elected to the National Academy
in 1948 and soon gained national renown. For 35
years he was one of the nation's top magazine
illustrators; his work appeared in Saturday Evening
Post, Colliers, McCall's, Woman's Home Companion and
others under the pseudonym Edwin Dawes (not to be
confused with the landscape painter Edwin Dawes
(1875-1945). In 1958 he gave up commercial work to
concentrate on fine art. His paintings and
illustrations are primarily of the Old West. Teague
was active as an artist until his demise in Carmel
on Dec. 13, 1991. Member: Carmel AA; American WC
Society; Salmagundi Club; Bohemian Club; Nat'l
Academy of Western Art; Cowboy Artists of America.
Exh: NAD, 1948 (gold medal); American WC Society,
1953 (grand prize), 1964 (gold medal); Franklin
Mint, 1973-75 (gold medals). In: Cowboy Hall of Fame
(Oklahoma City); Frye Museum (Seattle); Oakland
Museum; U.S. Air Force Collection; Monterey
Peninsula Museum; Pepperdine College (Malibu); Mills
College (Oakland).
Source:Edan Hughes, "Artists in California,
1786-1940"