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1813 Middletown, Connecticut - 1857 West Hoboken, New Jersey. Known for: Frontier genre, landscape and narrative history painting.
Born in Middletown, Connecticut, William Ranney devoted his career to depicting the West. As a young man, he apprenticed to a tinsmith in Fayetteville, North Carolina, having abandoned his study of... Read full biography
Born in Middletown, Connecticut, William Ranney devoted his career to depicting the West. As a young man, he apprenticed to a tinsmith in Fayetteville, North Carolina, having abandoned his study of art in New York City after the death of his sea-captain father. To find adventure, he joined in 1836... Read full biography
Born in Middletown, Connecticut, William Ranney devoted his career to depicting the West. As a young man, he apprenticed to a tinsmith in Fayetteville, North Carolina, having abandoned his study of art in New York City after the death of his sea-captain father. To find adventure, he joined in 1836 the Texas army in its fight for independence against Mexico, and this period, very brief, was his only experience on the frontier. It is likely that he met trappers on this venture, as several of his... Read full biography
Born in Middletown, Connecticut, William Ranney devoted his career to depicting the West. As a young man, he apprenticed to a tinsmith in Fayetteville, North Carolina, having abandoned his study of art in New York City after the death of his sea-captain father. To find adventure, he joined in 1836 the Texas army in its fight for independence against Mexico, and this period, very brief, was his only experience on the frontier. It is likely that he met trappers on this venture, as several of his most popular paintings including The Trappers Last Shot, were based on a rowdy rendezvous with trapper Joseph Meek in Yellowstone Park. Following this period of western adventure, he returned to Brooklyn where he lived, working in and around New York... Read full biography
Born in Middletown, Connecticut, William Ranney devoted his career to depicting the West. As a young man, he apprenticed to a tinsmith in Fayetteville, North Carolina, having abandoned his study of art in New York City after the death of his sea-captain father. To find adventure, he joined in 1836 the Texas army in its fight for independence against Mexico, and this period, very brief, was his only experience on the frontier. It is likely that he met trappers on this venture, as several of his most popular paintings including The Trappers Last Shot, were based on a rowdy rendezvous with trapper Joseph Meek in Yellowstone Park. Following this period of western adventure, he returned to Brooklyn where he lived, working in and around New York City for the next ten years. In 1853, he moved his family to West Hoboken, New Jersey and built a studio large enough for ani... Read full biography
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- The Buffalo Bill Historical CenterNovember 2006Boehme, Sarah E.Wildlife Art
- Current and ComingSeptember 2006EditorThe Magazine Antiques
- The Art of William RanneyMay 2006Boehme, Sarah EAmerican Art Review
- Art Events: Rocky MountainsMay 2006Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- 100 Top TreasuresNovember 2003Masello, Page, GoldsteinArt & Antiques
- Jack L Blanton Museum of ArtDecember 2001Carlozzi, Annette; E DuganneAmerican Art Review
- Dallas Museum of ArtDecember 2001Harvey, Eleanor; Lyle GrayAmerican Art Review
- Around the BlockApril 2001Berkovitch, EllenArt & Auction
- Painters and the American WestOctober 2000Troccoli, Joan CarpenterAmerican Art Review
- Proud Legacy: 150 Years of WesternJanuary 1999May, StephenSouthwest Art
- Greenville (SC) County Museum /ArtNovember 1994Severens, MarthaThe Magazine Antiques