Douglas Duer

American painter and illustrator
Illustration from Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage

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 illustrator

  • Told in the Hills (1891) by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • Desert Gold (novel) by Zane Grey
  • The Wilderness Trail by Frank Williams[10]
  • Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
  • Keep the Wagons Moving by West Lathrop, pseudonym for Dorothy West Lathrop[11]
  • A siren of the snows by Stanley Shaw
  • Two Arabian Knights by Donald McGibeny
  • Lizette 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]

References

  1. ^ Boog, Pierangelo (November 24, 2013). "The Art of Pierangelo Boog: Douglas Duer - forgotten american illustrator - 1887-1964".
  2. ^ a b "Douglas Duer - Artist Biography for Douglas Duer". www.askart.com.
  3. ^ Burlingame, Edward Livermore; Bridges, Robert; Dashiell, Alfred; Logan, Harlan (March 23, 1916). "Scribner's Magazine". Charles Scribner's Sons – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Harper's Magazine". Harper's Magazine Company. March 23, 1917 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "The American Magazine". Colver Publishing House. July 23, 1921 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer". 1920 – via books.google.com.
  7. ^ "The International Studio". New York Offices of the International Studio. March 23, 1917 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "The Unitarian Register". American Unitarian association. March 23, 1917 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Hills, William Henry; Luce, Robert (March 23, 1913). "The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers". Writer Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer". 1913 – via books.google.com.
  11. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1976: July-December". Copyright Office, Library of Congress. March 23, 1977 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "Everybody's Magazine". Ridgeway Company. March 23, 1922 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ The Dial. Jansen, McClurg. March 23, 1916. p. 556 – via Internet Archive. douglas duer.
  14. ^ Grant, Douglas (March 23, 1919). "The Single Track". W.J. Watt – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "The New York Times Book Review". 1943 – via books.google.com.

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