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Born 1939 Cheyenne, Wyoming. Known for: Figure-nude, portrait, genre, views.
Earning recognition as a young artist and continuing to grow professionally, Ramon Kelley, credits Russian artist Nicolai Fechin as a major influence on his strong figural painting. Kelley says... Read full biography
Earning recognition as a young artist and continuing to grow professionally, Ramon Kelley, credits Russian artist Nicolai Fechin as a major influence on his strong figural painting. Kelley says "there is no more beautiful landscape in the world than that of the female figure" (Southwest Art 5/98).... Read full biography
Earning recognition as a young artist and continuing to grow professionally, Ramon Kelley, credits Russian artist Nicolai Fechin as a major influence on his strong figural painting. Kelley says "there is no more beautiful landscape in the world than that of the female figure" (Southwest Art 5/98). He spent four years in the Navy and then got a scholarship to the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver to train as an illustrator. But his favorite class was the life-drawing class taught by Charlie... Read full biography
Earning recognition as a young artist and continuing to grow professionally, Ramon Kelley, credits Russian artist Nicolai Fechin as a major influence on his strong figural painting. Kelley says "there is no more beautiful landscape in the world than that of the female figure" (Southwest Art 5/98). He spent four years in the Navy and then got a scholarship to the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver to train as an illustrator. But his favorite class was the life-drawing class taught by Charlie Dye, one of the founders of the Cowboy Artists of America. After the birth of his first child, he went to work as a catalog illustrator but continued painting at night. A gallery in Taos began carrying his work, and this exposure launched him as a fine... Read full biography
Earning recognition as a young artist and continuing to grow professionally, Ramon Kelley, credits Russian artist Nicolai Fechin as a major influence on his strong figural painting. Kelley says "there is no more beautiful landscape in the world than that of the female figure" (Southwest Art 5/98). He spent four years in the Navy and then got a scholarship to the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver to train as an illustrator. But his favorite class was the life-drawing class taught by Charlie Dye, one of the founders of the Cowboy Artists of America. After the birth of his first child, he went to work as a catalog illustrator but continued painting at night. A gallery in Taos began carrying his work, and this exposure launched him as a fine artist. He is a resident of Denver, Colorado. Source:. Art of the West... Read full biography
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Keywords (52)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Charcoal
- •Conte Crayon
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Russia
Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America-
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Artists of America
- •Knickerbocker Artists-
- •National Academy of Western Artists
- •Oil Painters of America
- •Oil Painters of America-Signature Member
- •Pastel Society of America, Society of Painters in Pastel
- •Whiskey Painters of America
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Harmsen Western Art Collection
- •Vandeveer Spratlen Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Nude Figure Specialty
- •Pastel Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Artists of America, Denver Rotary Club
- •National Academy of Western Art-
- •Oil Painters of America-
- •Pastel Society of America, Society of Painters in Pastel-
- •Western Rendezvous of Art
Exhibition of Museum
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Buffalo Bill Art Show
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational