Henry Strater
Henry Strater | |
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Born | January 21, 1896 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | December 21, 1987 Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | (aged 91)
Other names | Mike Strater |
Education | Princeton University, Art Students League of New York, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Académie de la Grande Chaumière |
Occupation(s) | Painter, illustrator |
![Ernest Hemingway and Henry Strater (1935), Cat Cay, Bahamas](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Ernest_Hemingway_and_Henry_Strater%2C_Bahamas%2C_1935.jpg/220px-Ernest_Hemingway_and_Henry_Strater%2C_Bahamas%2C_1935.jpg)
Henry "Mike" Strater (1896–1987) was an American painter and illustrator. He was a friend of Ernest Hemingway and other figures of the Lost Generation.[1] He was best known for his portraiture, figurative, and landscape drawings and paintings.[2] Strater founded the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit, Maine in either 1952 or 1953.[3][4][5]
Early life and education
[edit]Henry Strater was born on January 21, 1896, in Louisville, Kentucky. He later attended Princeton University,[1] during which he befriended F. Scott Fitzgerald.[1] Strater was Fitzgerald's inspiration for the character "Burne Halliday" from the novel This Side of Paradise (1920).[1]
During 1917 and World War I, Strater enlisted in the French Red Cross and drove ambulances for the Allies.[6] In 1919 he returned to the United States to studied at the Art Students League of New York and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[7] He also took some classes at Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid.[7]
In the 1920s, Strater studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in the Montparnasse district of Paris, under Edouard Vuillard.[1] While in Paris, Strater met Hemingway in a bar, where they had a brawl.[1] Later they became friends and Strater painted two portraits of Hemingway in late 1922 while still in Paris.[1][8][6]
Career
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Ezra Pound had Strater illustrate part of the book, The Cantos.[6]
His friendship with Hemingway ended in 1935, over a Time magazine photo of Marlin fishing that incorrectly credited Hemingway with catching Strater's oversized fish.[9] Hemingway did not correct the issue. [citation needed]
In either 1952 or 1953, Strater founded the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit, Maine.[4][5]
Death and legacy
[edit]He died at the age of 91 on December 21, 1987, in Palm Beach.[1] He is buried at the First Parish Cemetery in York, Maine. [citation needed]
Strater's work can be found in museums including the Chrysler Museum of Art,[9] Harvard Art Museums,[10] the Art Institute of Chicago, the Detroit Institute of Arts,[11] and the Princeton University Art Museum.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Obituaries: Henry Strater, 91; Artist at Center of Lost Generation". Los Angeles Times. December 24, 1987.
- ^ "Henry Strater's Portrait of Ernest Hemingway". National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ Culver, Michael (November 26, 2010). "Ogunquit Museum of American Art's Charles H. Woodbury and His Students". Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. (tfaoi.org). Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ a b Bair, Diane; Wright, Pamela (May 5, 2013). "Ogunquit Museum of American Art turns 60". Boston.com. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ a b "Ogunquit Museum of American Art announces adopt a school program". Bangor Daily News. May 27, 2022.
- ^ a b c Voss, Frederick; Reynolds, Michael; Reynolds, Michael S.; Institution), National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian; D.C.), National portrait gallery (Washington (1999-01-01). Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time. Yale University Press. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-0-300-07926-5.
- ^ a b Rainey, Lawrence S. (1991-12-15). Ezra Pound and the Monument of Culture: Text, History, and the Malatesta Cantos. University of Chicago Press. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-226-70316-9.
- ^ Reynolds, Michael S. (1989). Hemingway: The Paris Years. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-31879-1.
- ^ a b "Nudes and a Marlin". Chrysler Museum of Art. September 10, 2020. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Spanish Gypsy Child". Harvard Art Museums. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Home from School". dia.org. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Flowers against the Sea". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
External links
[edit]- Henry Strater at Find a Grave, has photos