Douglas Duer American Artist Howard Pyle Student Oil Painting Signed Western Cowboy Scene. Oil on artist board; SLR by Douglas Duer; illustration done for a book; circa 1920s; scene of cowboys in a pen with horses.
Douglas Duer (October 4, 1887 – 1964) was a painter and illustrator in the United States.[1][2] He studied with William Merritt Chase and Howard Pyle.[2] Duer worked for various newspapers, illustrated books, did Works Progress Administration assignments during the Great Depression, and created artwork for greeting cards.Publications with stories he illustrated include Scribners,[3] Harper's,[4] Everybody's Magazine, The American Magazine[5] and Boy's Life.[6]He exhibited in Wilmington, Delaware in 1917.[7]Some of his poetry was published.[8][9]Work as illustratorTold in the Hills (1891) by Marah Ellis RyanDesert Gold (novel) by Zane GreyThe Wilderness Trail by Frank Williams[10]Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane GreyKeep the Wagons Moving by West Lathrop, pseudonym for Dorothy West Lathrop[11]A siren of the snows by Stanley ShawTwo Arabian Knights by Donald McGibenyLizette by Samuel Raphaelson in Everybody's Magazine[12]The Great White Wall: A Narrative Poem by William Rose Benét[13]The Vanished World by Douglas Duer, Sherman, French & Co. (1916)Frontispiece of The Single Track by Douglas Grant (author).[14]Walter Reed: Doctor in Uniform by L.N. Wood[15]

10.75 x 11.25 in