Duane Raver
Duane Raver | |
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| Born | Duane DeForest Raver, Jr May 4, 1927 Newton, Iowa, United States |
| Died | February 15, 2022 (aged 94) Garner, North Carolina, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Iowa State College |
| Known for | Printmaker Illustrator |
Duane Raver was an American artist and illustrator, known by many for his remarkable watercolor illustrations of fish. He was the only child of Duane Raver Sr. and Mabel Raver, who passed their love of the outdoors onto their son. Raver recalls, “My folks were very active and often went down to the lake so I fished from a very early age. In those days, we fished small ponds, lakes and rivers for small and largemouth bass, northern pike, panfish, walleye and channel catfish,” [1]
The family moved to Ames, Iowa where he produced his first book of fish illustrations titled “Sketches of American Game Fish” in 1943. [2]
Raver received a degree in Fishery Biology from Iowa State College in 1949. His first job was with the North Carolina Wildlife Commission working in the fisheries division for ten years. In 1960 he transferred to the Commission’s Education Division as editor and illustrator for North Carolina magazine. [2]
Duane may have created one of the most viewed art works of all time. Two identical billboards of a salmon over 60 feet long, with the caption "Not Quite Actual Size", have faced north- and south-bound traffic for decades. Occupants of some 36,600 vehicles per day (13,359,000 cars per year) on South Carolina Interstate 95 crossing the Santee Cooper River have had a chance to see this art. [3]
Sources
[edit]- Cole, Bruce B. "The Art of Duane Raver, Jr". Outdoor delaware. Retrieved 5 November 2024. <https://documents.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Fisheries/Documents/art-of-duane-raver-outdoor-delaware-fall-2013.pdf>
- Cooney, Patrick. "One Last Cast: Duane Raver’s 93 years of art and fish science" The Fisheries Blog. As told by Duane Raver and created by Patrick Cooney. <https://thefisheriesblog.com/2020/11/04/duane-raver/>
- "Obituary: Duane DeForest Raver Jr." Dignity Memorial, <https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/clayton-nc/duane-raver-10589730>
References
[edit]- ^ Bruce B. Cole (Fall 2023). "The Art of Duane Raver, Jr" (PDF). Outdoor delaware. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Duane DeForest Raver Jr". Dignity Memorial. Fall 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Traffic Counts 2023: CLARENDON, Station Number: 2393". SCDOT Historic AADT Data. 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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