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Jack Murray Western Outdoors Magazine Painting

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Jack Murray Western Outdoors Magazine Painting
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Original Oil on Canvas Illustration for the January 1971 cover of Western Outdoors magazine. 14" by 18" unframed. 18" by 22" framed. Oil on Canvas. Jack Murray (Born 1889) was active/lived in Pennsylvania. Jack Murray is known for Illustrator, genre, wildlife, dogs. Murray was a city kid who, very early in life, developed an interest in wildlife. Born in 1889, he grew up in Boston, where he began drawing animals while still in grade school. Murray would later graduate from the renowned Massachusetts School of Art, where he met his future wife, fellow artist Helena Feeny. The couple married in 1921 and, in lieu of a honeymoon, moved to New York that very day. In New York, Murray found work as a commercial artist, which soon afforded the two of them the opportunity to buy a farm outside the city. There, he fixed up a studio where, in his spare time, he pursued his true passion, painting wildlife. Murray’s career reached a turning point when one of the paintings he had made purely for love — a majestic leopard (top) — was bought by The Saturday Evening Post. His discovery by the Post led to assignments for the American Museum of Natural History as well as books and magazines, including The Country Gentleman and Boy’s Life. In 1947, his image of a pair of snow geese mid-flight was selected for the Federal Duck Stamp Program. All told, Murray would paint 12 covers for the Post. His final one depicting two white wolves closing in on prey appeared on the March 8, 1941, issue — and once again on the January/February 2016 cover.