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Stirling Dickinson (1909 - October 27, 1998) was an artist who spent much of his life in San Miguel de Allende, in Mexico, where he was one of the first members of what would become a colony of expatriate artists from the United States. ==Early years== Dickinson's grandfather was born on a New England farm, moved to Chicago, and became a millionaire trader in the futures market. His father owned an advertising agency. Both were painfully shy, a trait that Stirling inherited. Stirling Dickinson was born in Chicago in 1909, and studied at the Berkshire School and then at Princeton University graduating in 1931. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago for post-graduate studies, and as a graduate student went to the Écoles d'Art Américaines in the Palace of Fontainebleau in France. However, he accepted that his talent would never place him in the top rank of artists. In 1934 he and Heath Bowman, whom he had met at Princeton, made a six-month tour of Mexico in a green 1929 Ford Model A convertible. Bowman described their experiences in the light-hearted book ''Mexican Odyssey'', which Dickinson illustrated. The book sold well. They wrote a second book on South America. ''Westward from Rio'' records their extremely difficult journey from Rio de Janeiro west to the shore of the Pacific Ocean. The two men then decided to write a novel based in Mexico, choosing to live in San Miguel while writing ''Death is Incidental'', and first building a house that they called "Los Pocitos" in part of the ruins of an old tannery. The property cost just $90. After the book was published, Bowman married and moved away, and Dickinson bought his share of the house. He remained there, a bachelor, living very simply despite having inherited considerable wealth. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stirling Dickinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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