Peter Hurd in the Collection of the Roswell Museum and Art Center

Roswell, New Mexico: The Museum, , 1985. Square staple-bound quarto in color illus wraps; 32 pages: color illustrations; 23 cm About near fine(-) with minor external rubiing else tight and clean. Pamphlet.

Peter Hurd (1904–1984) was an American painter best known for his luminous depictions of the Southwest—its vast skies, weathered landscapes, and resilient people. Born in Roswell, New Mexico, and trained under N.C. Wyeth, Hurd developed a disciplined realism infused with regional spirit, often employing egg tempera to achieve his distinctive clarity of light. Settling at his Sentinel Ranch near San Patricio, he portrayed ranch life, desert storms, and adobe dwellings with sensitivity and restraint, capturing the dignity of rural New Mexican existence. His work bridges American regionalism and poetic realism, preserving the character of a landscape and culture often overlooked yet central to the nation’s identity. | Southtwestern US artists, painters of New Mexico; Exhibition catalogs; landscapes