Known for portraits and still life painting, New York City painter Raymond Neilson had well-known portrait subjects such as Admiral William Halsey; Dr. Francis Blake, Dean of the Yale Medical School; and World War II hero Brigadeer General Frederick Castle. He also did a portrait of Hayley Lever, fellow Academician at the National Academy of Design*. Many of the portraits were done for Civic Organizations and presented at ceremonies commemorating the subject of the portrait.

Neilson won many awards for his painting including exhibition prizes at the Paris Salon*, the Panama-Pacific Exposition* of 1915, the National Academy of Design, and the Salmagundi Club*. Other exhibition venues included the New York W...