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Van Ryder, Jack, 1899-1967
NationalityAmerican
BiographyJack Van Ryder was a self-taught western artist, rodeo cowboy, rancher, and political activist, born in Continental, Arizona and died near Arivaca, Arizona. His early work was pen or graphite on paper; he later turned to oils. In October 1928, his first one-man show, at the Montross Galleries on East 56th Street in New York, sold out within three weeks. Returning from New York, he purchased the Diamond S. Ranch at Camp Verde, but sold it in 1932. His western landscape paintings were bold and emotional, often in soft hues of purple and blue with expansive skies. His tonality and capacity to articulate the southwestern spirit infused his work with both tension and ease. He was commissioned to paint a series of western murals for the American Museum of Natural History. His paintings hung in galleries and museums from New York to LA. One of his paintings won the Corcoran Prize, and in 1936, he had a one-man show of 36 oil paintings in the Gainsborough Galleries. He had six major exhibits in New York, one in Chicago, one in St. Louis, Cincinnati and Toledo, Ohio.
