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Paul Strayer BIOGRAPHY
1885 Park Ridge, Illinois - 1981. Known for: Landscape, genre, illustrator.
PAUL STRAYER (American 1885-1981). Paul Strayer was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in 1885. Primarily a self-taught artist, Strayer did take some formal training under the tutelage of John H.... Read full biography
PAUL STRAYER (American 1885-1981). Paul Strayer was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in 1885. Primarily a self-taught artist, Strayer did take some formal training under the tutelage of John H. Vanderpoel, an artist and teacher best known as a figure drawing instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago.... Read full biography
PAUL STRAYER (American 1885-1981). Paul Strayer was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in 1885. Primarily a self-taught artist, Strayer did take some formal training under the tutelage of John H. Vanderpoel, an artist and teacher best known as a figure drawing instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. While developing his early illustration and design career, Strayer met Howard Pyle who was teaching at the Brandywine School of Illustration in Wilmington, Delaware. Strayer documented in his journal... Read full biography
PAUL STRAYER (American 1885-1981). Paul Strayer was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in 1885. Primarily a self-taught artist, Strayer did take some formal training under the tutelage of John H. Vanderpoel, an artist and teacher best known as a figure drawing instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. While developing his early illustration and design career, Strayer met Howard Pyle who was teaching at the Brandywine School of Illustration in Wilmington, Delaware. Strayer documented in his journal that Pyle urged and encouraged him to ". keep your values close, don't break up the masses with uneasy detail.". Strayer would take this advice to heart as over the next decades he would produce illustrations for such classics as Robert Louis... Read full biography
PAUL STRAYER (American 1885-1981). Paul Strayer was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in 1885. Primarily a self-taught artist, Strayer did take some formal training under the tutelage of John H. Vanderpoel, an artist and teacher best known as a figure drawing instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. While developing his early illustration and design career, Strayer met Howard Pyle who was teaching at the Brandywine School of Illustration in Wilmington, Delaware. Strayer documented in his journal that Pyle urged and encouraged him to ". keep your values close, don't break up the masses with uneasy detail.". Strayer would take this advice to heart as over the next decades he would produce illustrations for such classics as Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, Rudyard Kipling's, Tales of India, Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter and... Read full biography
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PAUL STRAYER (American 1885-1981)
Paul Strayer was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in 1885. Primarily a self-taught artist, Strayer did take some formal training under the tutelage of John H. Vanderpoel, an artist and teacher best known as a figure drawing instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. While developing his early illustration and design career, Strayer met Howard Pyle who was teaching at the Brandywine School of Illustration in Wilmington, Delaware. Strayer documented in his journal that Pyle urged and encouraged him to ". . . keep your values close, don't break up the masses with uneasy detail."
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