Jack Van Ryder
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Jack Van Ryder was born near Tucson, Arizona in 1898. He spent his early years driving cattle in the American southwest, painting backdrops on Hollywood back-lots and serving in the military. Self-taught, Ryder's soft pastels colored paintings captured the dusty bruding southwestern twilight skies. Jack van Ryder's exhibitions included the Gainsborough Galleries and the Montross Gallery in New York
. Ryder shot himself in 1967.
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. Ryder shot himself in 1967.