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Fine Art Print, Signed & Numbered.

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Fine Art Print, Signed & Numbered.
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By John Clymer, titled "Louis & Clark in the Bitterroot", with Certificate of Authenticity, No. 298 of 975. Matted and framed, measures 28 1/2" x 24 1/2". John Clymer was born in Ellensburg, Washington and had an early desire to live in wilderness mountain areas and pursue a career in forestry. He decided, however, that if he could paint pictures, he could live anywhere he wanted, so at age 13, he enrolled in a correspondence course and then sold two drawings to Colt Firearms. After high school graduation, he attended the Vancouver School of Fine Art and the Ontario College of Art in Port Hope, Canada. Living in Canada, he did magazine illustration but left in 1930 to attend the Old Howard Pyle School in Wilmington, Delaware. There he worked with N.C. Wyeth before returning to Canada where he was elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art. He also studied with Fred Varley and J.W. Beaty and traveled extensively in Canada, Alaska and the Yukon. In 1936, Clymer moved to Westport, Connecticut and studied with Harvey Dunn in New York City as well as at the Grand Central School of Art. He later painted with Tom Lovell and joined the Marines with him during World War II. In 1964, he began fine art painting full time, achieving much recognition and fame as a chronicler of the Northwestern Indians of whom he did many sketches and took photographs before doing the final work. With his historian, he traveled the Northwest to research a history filled with noted persons such as the Nez Perce Indians, Chief Joseph, Sacajawea, Lewis and Clark Indians, and fur traders and trappers. Clymer's original work sells exceedingly well for 6 figure amounts.