Nacimiento : 1919 - Waverly, Misuri
Murió : 2015 - Santa Bárbara, California
Pintor realista del Viejo Oeste e ilustrador de gran éxito, Ken Riley nació en Waverly, Missouri en 1919 y ha tenido un estudio en Tucson, Arizona desde 1971. Se crió en Kansas y recibió su educación artística en el Kansas City Art Institute, donde fue alumno de Thomas Hart Benton. Consciente del talento inusual de Riley, un profesor de arte de secundaria había pagado su primer semestre de matrícula en el Instituto. En 1941, Riley fue a Nueva York a estudiar con Frank DuMond en la Art Students League*, y también tomó clases nocturnas en la Grand Central School of Art* y con el ilustrador Harvey Dunn.
Born: 1919 - Waverly, Missouri
Died: 2015 - Santa Barbara, California
A realist painter of the Old West and a highly successful illustrator, Ken Riley was born in Waverly, Missouri in 1919 and has had a studio in Tucson, Arizona from 1971. He was raised in Kansas and received his art education at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he was a student of Thomas Hart Benton. Aware of Riley's unusual talent, a high school art teacher had paid for his first semester of tuition at the Institute. In 1941, Riley went to New York to study with Frank DuMond at the Art Students League*, and he also took evening classes at the Grand Central School of Art* and with illustrator Harvey Dunn.