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Leonard Howard Reedy

Leonard Howard Reedy (1899 - 1956) was active/lived in Illinois.  Leonard Reedy is known for Western theme painting.

Leonard Reedy was a landscape and figure painter, born in Chicago, Illinois, April 24, 1899.  He studied at the Chicago Institute and Academy of Fine Arts as well as self-taught.

At the age of ten he demonstrated an unusual aptness and fondness for drawing and painting and chose to manifest this talent by illustrating the margins of his schoolbooks with his heroes of the west: Indians, cowpunchers, and bandits.  He was a great admirer of Frederick Remington whose portrayal of the West and Frontier Days will forever be appreciated and cherished as historically preserving the early pioneering, indomitable spirit and tradition of a great bygone era in American History.

Like Remington, Reedy lived in the 'Great Open Spaces' and was at home on the Great Plains, the desert country, mountains, as well as mining and timber camps.  He worked as a ranch hand.  He roamed with the Indians.  Over a period of many years, he gained a bountiful knowledge of west   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2648 characters.]  Artist bio

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