ABOUT KEN LAAGER
ABOUT KEN LAAGER
BACKGROUND
Like many western artists, I enjoyed a long career as an illustrator before
turning to gallery painting.
As a child I was enamored with the art of illustration, particularly work
from the era known as The Golden Age. I collected prints of artists Frederic
Remington, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth and Phillip R. Goodwin, and of the heirs
to their legacy Tom Lovell and Frank Frazetta.
After completing a certificate course at New York's School of Visual Arts,
I settled in rural Pennsylvania to concentrate my studies on the work of
Howard Pyle, and his Brandywine school proteges.
I broke into the field a short time later, with a reputation for portraying
western and adventure subjects that rang with authenticity. Freelancing to
major New York publishing clients produced a demand for book and magazine
illustration that actually exceeded my ability to supply.
I was appointed Artist-At-Large for Outdoor Life magazine, where my work as
featured monthly. Bantam Books coined the term "western fine art look" to
describe the scores of cover paintings I created for their frontier
historical novels.
Naturally, I was aware of the burgeoning western fine art market, and of
the superb illustrators who were transitioning westward. In 1989 pioneering
gallery founders Allan and Sheila Husberg invited me to exhibit at Husberg
Fine Arts in Scottsdale.
Initial successes encouraged me to devote increasingly more effort to
gallery painting -- now, the exclusive focus of my work.
In recent years my work has shown at Settlers West in Tucson, and at
Astoria Fine Art in Jackson Hole.
I'm honored to have my work included in many private and museum
collections.
Ken Laager
In the Galleries
ASTORIA FINE ART
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
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