Walt Gonske

BORN
1942, Newark, New Jersey

EDUCATION
Frank Reilly School of Art, New York

SELECTED AFFILIATIONS
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS

  • 1989 - Gold Medal, 1st Place in Oil,
         National Academy of Western Art,
         Oklahoma City, OK
  • 1983 - Silver Medal, 2nd Place in Oil,
         National Academy of Western Art,
         Oklahoma City, OK
  • 1976 - John and Mary Lee
        Stacey Grants Manager
  • 1975 - Bronze Medal,
         3rd Place Drawing,
         National Academy of Western Art,
         Oklahoma City, OK

    SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  • 2004-2002 - Salon d'Arts
         Denver, CO
  • 2003 - Forbes Trinchera Ranch,
        Invitation and Exhibition,
        Southern Colorado

    SELECTED COLLECTIONS

  • The Dunnegan Collection,
         Bolivar, MO
  • The Eiteljorg Collection,
         Indianapolis, IN
  • Gilcrease Museum,
        Tulsa, OK
  • The Wm. and Joffa Kerr Collection,
         Oklahoma City, OK
  • The Morton and Donna Fleischer
        Collection,
         Scottsdale, AZ

    REPRESENTED BY

  • Saks Gallery, Denver, CO
  • Claggett-Rey Gallery, Vail, CO
  • Fritzler Fine Art, Mesa, CO
  • Gonske Gallery & Studio, Taos, NM
  • Nedra Matteucci Galleries,
        Santa Fe, NM
  • Morris-Whiteside Galleries,
         Hilton Head Island, SC

    • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • The Art of Ann Templeton: A Step Beyond, 2005
  • American Artist, January 2003
  • Wildlife Art, Nov-Dec 2002
  • Art of the West, Jan-Feb 2002
  • Southwest Art, February 2002
  • Art of the West, May-Jun 1996
  • Modern Oil Impressionists, Ron Ranson, David and Charles, 1992
  • Masterworks of Impressionism, Arlene Doran Kirkpatrick, 1985
  • Southwest Art, 1985
  • Contemporary Western Artists, Peggy and Howard Samuels, 1982
  • Treasures of the American West, Harrison Eiteljorg, 1981
  • 40 Watercolorists and How They Work, Watson Guptill,
         Susan Meyers, 1976