Alexander Phimister Proctor (American, 1862 to 1950)
Of his life Proctor wrote, “I was born during the frontier period of the United States and grew up in Colorado in the best of it. It colored my life and influenced me greatly. I would not change my life for any other, but my love has always been divided. I am eternally obsessed with two deep desires – one, to spend as much time as possible in the wilderness, and the other, to accomplish something worthwhile in art.”
Information courtesy of Coeur d’Alene Auction, July 2003.