Ray Prohaska New York / California (1901 - 1981) Breakwater at Maidstone oil on panel signed lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store Painter, illustrator. Born in Mulo, Yugoslavia on Feb. 5, 1901. Prohaska came to the U.S. with his family in 1909. A graduate of the California School of Fine Arts, he had a studio on Sutter Street in San Francisco for a few years as a young man, and from 1921 until 1929 he owned and ran an art service in Chicago, Illinois. He then moved to NYC where he embarked upon a successful career as an illustrator for Woman's Home Companion and other national magazines. He taught at the Art Students League of New York City in 1961 and then was artist-in-residence at Washington and Lee University. Prohaska died in East Hampton, New York in October 1981. Member: Audubon Society; Bohemian Club. Exh: Bohemian Club, 1928; Audubon Artists, 1954 (medal); Society of Illustrators, 1963 (gold medal). In: Butler Inst.; Univ. of Illinois; Georgia Museum; Phoenix Museum. 14 1/2"H x 29 1/2"W (sight), 24"H x 39"W (frame)