Burt Procter

{{short description|American painter}} {{Orphan|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Burt Procter | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1901 | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = July 2, 1980 | death_place = Palm Springs, California, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = Stanford University | employer = | occupation = Painter | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = Katherine Procter | children = 1 daughter | parents = | relatives = }} '''Burt Procter''' (1901 – July 2, 1980) was an American painter who specialized in depictions of horses and portraits of Native Americans.

==Life== Procter was born in 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref name="desertsunobit">{{cite news |title=Procter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/245331837/?article=3dbbbc79-a317-44d9-a9a8-aba1ce73a065 |accessdate=July 7, 2020 |work=The Desert Sun |date=July 4, 1980|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Procter was known as a child prodigy growing up, and was known for drawing horses at a young age.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ainsworth |first1=Ed |title=Painters of the desert;: Glimpses at those who captured for themselves and for their fellowmen the beauty and message of the American desert |date=1960 |publisher=Desert magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/paintersofdesert0000edai |access-date=9 April 2026}}</ref> He attended Stanford University.<ref name="latimesobit">{{cite news |last1=Firor |first1=Cathi |title=Artist Burt Procter, 79, Dies After Short Illness |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/387077983/?terms=%22Burt%2BProcter%22 |access-date=July 7, 2020|work=The Los Angeles Times |date=July 3, 1980|page=50|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Procter was a commercial artist in Los Angeles and later in New York.<ref name="latimesobit"/> He was the art director of the Pageant of the Masters for 17 years.<ref name="desertsunobit"/> He painted horses and portraits of Native Americans,<ref name="desertsunmultimedia">{{cite news |title=Multi-media to open season at PS museum |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/246824840/?terms=%22Burt%2BProcter%22 |accessdate=July 7, 2020 |work=The Desert Sun |date=September 18, 1978|page=28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> but he "refused to be classified as a Western artist."<ref name="latimesobit"/>

Procter resided in Corona del Mar with his wife Katherine. They had a daughter, Virginia. Procter died on July 2, 1980, in Palm Springs, California, at age 79.<ref name="desertsunobit"/><ref name="latimesobit"/> His artwork can be seen at the Nelson Museum of the West in Cheyenne, Wyoming.<ref name="nelsonmuseumprocter">{{cite web |title=Burt Procter Studio |url=https://www.nelsonmuseum.com/museum/Exhibits/Burt_Procter_Studio |website=The Nelson Museum of the West |accessdate=July 7, 2020}}</ref>

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