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Painting of the Day, November 17, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 9:32PM Tweet
By Donna Poulton
After being hired by the Saturday Evening Post, in 1919, to illustrate several articles with Western themes, William H. D. Koerner threw all of his interest and considerable talent into learning everything possible about the West. He made numerous trips to Montana to study the details of ranch and mountain life and the mannerisms of the lively personalities that populated the region. Over eighteen hundred of his images were featured in the most popular magazines of the day and he illustrated for authors such as Zane Grey. Koerner’s Riding the Open Range, was featured in the Saturday Evening Post.
Credit: FineArt.ha.com
William Koerner (1878-1938), Riding the Range, oil on canvas 30 x 24 in.
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