Author: E.B. Crocker Art GalleryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Paintings by Ray Strong
Author: E.B. Crocker Art GalleryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
PAINTINGS BY RAY STRONG ON DISPLAY AT SANTA BARBARA SAVINGS.
Author: Ray Stanford Strong, West Coast Landscape Artist
Author: Mark HumpalPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806159952
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Throughout his long and prolific career, Ray Stanford Strong (1905–2006) strove to capture the essence of the western American landscape. An accomplished painter who achieved national fame during the New Deal era, Strong is best known for his depiction of landscapes in California and Oregon, rendered in his signature plein air style. This beautiful volume, featuring more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations, is the first comprehensive exploration of Strong’s life and artistry. Through family papers, archives, photographs, and a two-year series of interviews conducted with the artist personally, Mark Humpal traces Strong’s journey from his childhood on an Oregon berry farm to his artistically formative years in New York and San Francisco. After moving back to the West Coast, Strong produced important works for the WPA, executed major diorama projects for two world expositions, helped organize the Santa Barbara Art Institute, and served as teacher and mentor for a new generation of plein air artists. But, as Humpal emphasizes, Strong distinguished himself by resisting the drumbeat of the avant-garde. During an era when many artists were experimenting with abstract expressionism, Strong never relinquished his personal vision and adherence to a more traditional style. With his outgoing personality, he forged friendships and associations with such prominent artists as Frank Vincent DuMond, Maynard Dixon, Ansel Adams, Frank Lloyd Wright, and John Steinbeck. Ultimately, Strong had little concern for his place in the sweep of art history. The proficiency he achieved through years of formal and informal study allowed him to craft a personal style difficult to categorize but unique and engaging. By expanding our understanding and appreciation of Strong’s artistic contributions, this book offers a fitting tribute to one of America’s finest landscape artists.
Ray Strong
Author: Donald J. HaggertyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780985071479
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book celebrates Ray Strong (1905-2006) - an American landscape artist whose range extended over the western United States and over the whole of the twentieth century. This book attempts to properly record and contextualize the artistic accomplishments.
Along the Way
Author: Ray StrongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landscape painting, American
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Oil Paintings by Ray Strong
Author: Cowie GalleriesOral History Interview with Ray Strong
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An interview of Ray Strong conducted 1993 September 14, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's studio, in Santa Barbara, California. Strong discusses his family background and early art education; his move to San Francisco and contact with Jimmy Swinnerton, Maynard Dixon, and Frank Van Sloun; studying at California School of Fine Arts; his feeling of responsibility for art and nature; his murals at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco, 1934; and his involvement with socialist causes.
Ray Strong
Author: Ray Strong1934
Author: Ann Prentice WagnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Public Works of Art Program, created in 1934 against the backdrop of the Great Depression. The 55 paintings in this volume are a lasting visual record of America at a specific moment in time; a response to an economic situation that is all too familiar
AskART.com: Ray Stanford Strong
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Languages : en
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Book Description
AskART.com presents information concerning American artist and painter Ray Stanford Strong (1905- ). Additional information for Strong includes a bibliography of publications about the artist, museum holdings, current exhibits, images of the artist's work, etc. Auction records, including highest prices, are available only to AskART members.