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Arthur William Best Biography
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1905 |
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Commissioned by the Southern Pacific Railroad to paint images of the Southwest and Mexico for their publicity department.
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1909 |
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Won Bronze medal at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in Seattle.
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1935 |
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Died in 1935 in Oakland, California.
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Established the Best Art School, which grew out of a sketching club.
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1898 - 1904
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Exhibited at the Mark Hopkins Institute.
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Best’s paintings can be found at the Oakland Museum, the Phoenix Art Museum, the University of Oregon, the Santa Fe Railroad Collection, and the Charles M. Russell Gallery in Great Falls, Montana.
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