Edward Borein

Edward Borein was an American etcher and painter from California. His artwork depicted Spanish Colonial California, the Old West, and Mexico.

Borein began his career as a cowboy in the 1893. He worked on the land for two decades.

Borein became an etcher and a painter, and he opened a studio in El Paseo, Santa Barbara, California, in 1921. He also taught etching at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts. His works of art were nostalgic artistic representations of the Western lifestyle. He depicted scenes of Spanish Colonial California, including Spanish missions. Another theme was the Old West, especially Native Americans and cowboys. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Borein maintained his friendship with Will Rogers, and he became friends with Charles Marion Russell, an Old West painter from Montana. According to The Los Angeles Times, "The three formed a triumvirate who depicted with picture and legend the West before the days of the fences."

Text courtesy of Wikipedia, 2023