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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Books & Publications (9)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles
1998
McCann, Chris (Author); Louis Darling (Illustrator)
223 pages (color)
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index