Elmer L. Boone (1883 - 1952) American Oil on Board with Museum Glass Measure 11 1/2"in H x 15 1/2"in W and 14 3/4"in H x 18 3/4"in W with frame Known for: Landscape, genre, and figure painting, commercial art Biography: Elmer L. Boone, a painter of southwestern landscapes and Mexican subjects in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1883. From 1925, he painted primarily in New Mexico and Arizona. The artist died in El Paso, Texas in 1952, after returning from a painting trip to Arizona's Oak Creek Canyon, in Sedona. He was buried in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Boone studied in Chicago, Illinois, at the Smith School of Art, and the Art Institute. He eventually moved to El Paso in 1927 because of poor health, after a period painting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and with famed cowboy artist Charles M. Russell in Montana. It is possible he had painting instruction from Russell. Boone was a member of the Far Southwest Artists Association, in El Paso, as well as the El Paso Artists Association, with whom he frequently exhibited. His work may be found in the collections of the Montana Historical Society, Helena; and Torch Energy Advisors, Houston, Texas.