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Rex Rieke Rex Rieke grew up on the Oxbow cattle ranch near Wolf Creek, Montana. After studying art at the University of Montana he traveled to New York on two separate occasions to study at the Arts Students League. For several years he earned his living playing the piano on the nightclub circuit in Montana. In 1966 he joined the staff of the Montana Historical Society Museum in Helena as assistant curator. During these [...] Click here to continue reading. Anne Worsham Richardson (born 1922) Anne Worsham Richardson was born in 1922 near the Clarendon County town of Turbeville, South Carolina. At age 16, she moved to Charleston and began specializing in bird paintings. The art inspired by Mrs. Richardson’s love of birds brought her international recognition. Her paintings have hung in the offices of Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan and in homes and galleries across the United States and Europe. She has had [...] Click here to continue reading. Louis Leon Ribak (1902-1980) Louis Ribak emigrated to the United States from Lithuania and settled in New York. He studied with John Sloan at the Art Students League. During the 1930s, he worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as a muralist. He collaborated on a mural in Rockefeller Center with Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. In 1944 he moved to Taos, New Mexico with his wife. Information courtesy of Swann Galleries Antoinette Francesca Rhett (1884-1964) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Antoinette Rhett spent most of her art career in Charleston, South Carolina where she was a founding member of the Charleston Etchers’ Club and a regular member of the Charleston Sketch Club. Her subjects were scenes of Charleston and nature images including florals, butterflies, and tree limbs. Her etchings, in delicacy and detail of design, reflected the influence of Japanese art, but her use of color [...] Click here to continue reading. Wellington Jarard Reynolds (1869?-?) Wellington Jarard Reynolds (born 1869?) spent most of his career in Illinois. He studied at the Royal Academy in Munich and the Academy Julian in Paris. He exhibited at the PAFA, Paris Salon, and the sesquicentennial expo in Philadelphia. He also taught at the Chicago Academy. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Frederic Sackrider Remington, Artist of the American West (1861-1909) Sculptor, artist, and adventure writer Frederic Remington, was born in Canton, New York in 1861. Remington is famous for his realistic and exciting paintings and bronze sculptures of the American West. He first became fascinated by the West after he left home as a young man. Like many young men, he headed out West to find an exciting career and a new life, but he [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles P. Reiffel (1862 to 1942) Charles Reiffel was born in 1862 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His primary association is with San Diego, California where he was a landscape painter. He worked six years with the Stowbridge Lithography Company in Cincinnati and in 1921 relocated to Southern California and dedicated most of his time painting regional landscapes, but also was known for marine paintings, and his graphics. Charles was a member of the California Art [...] Click here to continue reading. Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Flemish-born botanical artist and royal flower painter, contributed over 2100 published plates, depicting over 1800 different plant species, many never rendered before. Over his long career, Redoute painted the gardens at the Petite Trianon of Queen Marie-Antoinette as her official court artist, and, during the revolution and Reign of Terror, was appointed to document gardens that became national property. However, during the patronage of the generous Empress Josephine, Redoute’s [...] Click here to continue reading. Kevin Red Star (Born 1943) Born on the Crow Reservation near the town of Lodge Grass, Montana, Kevin Red Star attended the Institute of American Indian Arts (Scottsdale) and the San Francisco Arts Institute. His work is included in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, D.C.), the Whitney Museum of Western Art (Cody, WY), the Heard Museum (Phoenix, AZ), the Denver Art Museum, the Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe, [...] Click here to continue reading. Albert Leighton Rawson (American, 1829 to 1902) Albert Leighton Rawson was born at Chester, Vermont. He traveled extensively throughout the United States, Central America, and Middle and Far East. An author, Rawson published books on the history of world religions, Central American Mound Builders, European and Middle Eastern languages, archaeology, and antiquities. He also provided illustrations and maps to magazines and to the books of other authors. A founder of the Theosophical Society in [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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