Artists
- Robert Adams (lived in Colorado) – Photographer of the western landscape. Uses the images to express the relationship between Man and the environment. Has received two John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships, the McArthur Foundation's "genius" Grant, and has worked on the permanent collections of several museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- Earl W. Bascom (lived in Colorado) – Artist, sculptor known as the "Cowboy of Cowboy Artists", a cousin to western artist Frederic Remington, lived and worked in Northwest Colorado during the late 1920s.
- John Fabian Carlson (lived in Colorado Springs) – Late painter. Director and an instructor at the Broadmoor Academy, a precursor to the current Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Also founder of the John F. Carlson School of Landscape Painting.
- Tomory Dodge born in Denver; alumnus of South High School (Denver) with paintings in public collections including The Whitney Museum of American Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- Jess E. DuBois born in Denver; passionate about Indian art
- John Fielder Landscape photographer and nature writer
- William Henry Jackson (lived in Denver) – Starting as photographer for the United States Geological Survey and Union Pacific Railroad, he created one of the largest and most expansive western photographic collections in the world. He opened his own private photo gallery in 1879, and died Colorado’s preeminent photographer.
- David Burroughs Mattingly (born in Fort Collins); illustrator and painter best known for his numerous book covers of science fiction and fantasy literature.
- Arthur Roy Mitchell (born in Trinidad; alumnus of Grand Central School of Art in New York City, specialized in western paintings and religious sculpture.
- Robert Reid (lived in Colorado Springs) – Late painter. Instructor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Cooper Union, and the Broadmoor Academy.
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