Robert Ray
(1924 - 2002)
Robert Donald Ray was active/lived in New Mexico, Colorado. Robert Ray is known for abstract landscape painting, sculpture.
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Biography Robert Ray
Robert Ray (1924-2002)
By the time Robert Ray decided to leave his native Denver and move to Taos, in 1954, he had served in the navy in the South Pacific during and after World War II, earned art degrees at The University of Southern California and The Centro de Estudios Universitarios in Mexico City, and lived in Europe for a year. His decision to move came after being invited by Eulalia Emetaz to exhibit at La Galeria Escondida, which at the time was the place to exhibit as a modern artist. This was to be his first solo exhibition.
In Taos, Earl Stroh introduced him to Helene Wurlitzer, who, to encourage him to remain, provided him with a studio-residence. He thus became one of the first beneficiaries of Mrs. Wurlitz
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