Editing W. Herbert Dunton (section)

==Artistic career==
He first visited Taos in 1912 and became part of the [[Taos art colony]]. Dunton became one of the founding members of the [[Taos Society of Artists]] in 1915.

Among his proteges in [[Western (genre)|Western]] art was [[Harold Dow Bugbee]] of [[Clarendon, Texas|Clarendon]] and [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]] in the [[Texas Panhandle]].

In 1921, American oil executive [[W. H. McFadden]] commissioned Dunton to paint a full-length portrait of big-game hunter [[Ben Lilly]].  The portrait was exhibited by the [[National Academy of Design]] before being located in McFadden's home in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dobbie |first=J. Frank |year=1997 |title=The Ben Lilly Legend |publisher=University Of Texas Press |location=Austin, TX |isbn=0-292-70728-2}}</ref> His work was part of the [[Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics#Painting|painting event]] in the [[Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics|art competition]] at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921493 |title=W. Herbert Dunton |work=Olympedia |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>