Alonzo Victor Lewis, painter and sculptor, was born in Logan, Utah, in 1886, the son of Marion Lewis and Carol Phister. Alonzo was interested in art from an early age, and at 15, left home and found work with Western painter Edgar Paxson in Montana. Paxson mostly painted vibrant Western scenes, with his subjects being mountain landscapes and the Indian tribes of Montana. Perhaps Paxson’s most famous work is a chaotic and ferocious depiction...
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