Victor Forsythe

Prior to his birth, Clyde's parents had lived in Tombstone, Arizona, where they owned a store near the O.K.

and Clyde's uncle, Ira Chandler, were present at the time of the shootout that occurred between Wyatt Earp and his men and the Clanton-McLowery gang.

In 1904, Forsythe left Los Angeles and traveled to New York to study at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Frank DuMond.

Forsythe and Rockwell would become good friends and even shared a studio together in New Rochelle, which had previously been owned by the artist Frederic Remington.

[1] Due to his early success, Forsythe began to catch the eye of William Randolph Hearst.

Here, Forsythe met fellow painter and cartoonist, Jimmy Swinnerton, with whom he became close friends with.

This poster was thought to be intended to silence the Germans who claimed that the American soldiers were weak.

But after pressure from the public to return, Forsythe started creating the Joe Jinks comic again in 1937.

He moved out to Alhambra, California, where he set up a studio with his friend and fellow artist Frank Tenney Johnson.

The art gallery was located at the Biltmore hotel and was designed as a place for artists to showcase their work.

[1] Forsythe is often considered one of the fathers of "Desert Painting" along with Maynard Dixon and Jimmy Swinnerton.

The 43 by 60 inches (110 by 150 cm) oil painting was regarded by some as the most accurate depiction of the gunfight for many years.