William Tylee Ranney ART FOR SALE

1813 Middletown, Connecticut - 1857 West Hoboken, New Jersey. Known for: Frontier genre, landscape and narrative history painting.

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Born in Middletown, Connecticut, William Ranney devoted his career to depicting the West. As a young man, he apprenticed to a tinsmith in Fayetteville, North Carolina, having abandoned his study of art in New York City after the death of his sea-captain father. To find adventure, he joined in 1836 the Texas army in its fight for independence against Mexico, and this period, very brief, was his only experience on the frontier. It is likely that he met trappers on this venture, as several of his most popular paintings including The Trappers Last Shot, were based on a rowdy rendezvous with trapper Joseph Meek in Yellowstone Park. Following this period of western adventure, he returned to Brooklyn where he lived, working in and around New York... Read full biography

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Hunter & Dog

Type:Painting

Year:Circa 1850

Size:7.00" x 9.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Unsigned

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This work has been examined and verified as authentic by the Ranney family. It is powerful and iconic in person; in wonderful condition! A rare find now available. We welcome your inquiry.

Price: Please contact David David Gallery