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Ray Stanford Strong, West Coast Landscape Artist (Volume 28) (The Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West) by Mark Humpal is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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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 express
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- Author
- Mark Humpal
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780806157702
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Art, Memoir, History
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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