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1893 Sandoval, Illinois - 1957 Tucson, Arizona. Known for: Cowboy genre, figure, illustrator.
A successful illustrator and then painter in traditional style of western genre, especially ranch scenes, Ray Strang was born in Sandoval, Illinois and had a successful career in New York and then in... Read full biography
A successful illustrator and then painter in traditional style of western genre, especially ranch scenes, Ray Strang was born in Sandoval, Illinois and had a successful career in New York and then in Arizona. He went to school in Centralia, Illinois, and the Art Institute of Chicago. His art... Read full biography
A successful illustrator and then painter in traditional style of western genre, especially ranch scenes, Ray Strang was born in Sandoval, Illinois and had a successful career in New York and then in Arizona. He went to school in Centralia, Illinois, and the Art Institute of Chicago. His art studies were interrupted by his service in World War I, and he was wounded at the Argonne. In 1920, he returned to the Art Institute in Chicago and then went to New York City where he studied at the Art... Read full biography
A successful illustrator and then painter in traditional style of western genre, especially ranch scenes, Ray Strang was born in Sandoval, Illinois and had a successful career in New York and then in Arizona. He went to school in Centralia, Illinois, and the Art Institute of Chicago. His art studies were interrupted by his service in World War I, and he was wounded at the Argonne. In 1920, he returned to the Art Institute in Chicago and then went to New York City where he studied at the Art Students League and the Society of Illustrators. For seventeen years, he was a successful advertising illustrator, working for three agencies and specializing in fiction and magazines. In 1938, for his health, he made a visit to Tucson, Arizona, and... Read full biography
A successful illustrator and then painter in traditional style of western genre, especially ranch scenes, Ray Strang was born in Sandoval, Illinois and had a successful career in New York and then in Arizona. He went to school in Centralia, Illinois, and the Art Institute of Chicago. His art studies were interrupted by his service in World War I, and he was wounded at the Argonne. In 1920, he returned to the Art Institute in Chicago and then went to New York City where he studied at the Art Students League and the Society of Illustrators. For seventeen years, he was a successful advertising illustrator, working for three agencies and specializing in fiction and magazines. In 1938, for his health, he made a visit to Tucson, Arizona, and realized, according to Harold and Peggy Samuels that "that the Old West I wanted to paint was still the West of today" ("Encyc... Read full biography
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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •Mount Tamalpais, California
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •New York School of Art, Chase School, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Walter Bimson Western Art Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty