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Ray Friesz, American (1930 - 2007) |
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Ray Friesz was born on May 12, 1930, in Missouri. He died on July 22, 2007, in California. Ray Friesz is listed in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He spent his grade school years in Phoenix, Arizona. He was a gifted artist and won the Arizona State Fair Sweepstakes Hobby Show at age the age of ten. In high school, he again demonstrated his talent for art, and won a prize in the Bullock’s National Gold Key Contest. He studied at Biola University in La Mirada, CA. However, he did not study art, he was a self-taught artist. In 1948, Ray Friesz became the youngest artist invited to join the Los Angeles Art Association where he exhibited in the Artists Under 33 show. He exhibited his work annually in the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts beginning in 1963. His last exhibition at the Festival was in 2006, at that time he held the record as the longest-tenured exhibitor. A large oil on canvas painting by Ray Friesz is in the permanent collection of the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts. The art of Ray Friesz is or has been exhibited in galleries including but not necessarily limited to the following: Amphora Art Antiques, Gardena, CA Austin Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Brett Rubbico Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO Brett Rubbico Gallery, Newport Beach, CA Burning Brush Gallery, Bushnell, IL Challis Galleries, Laguna Beach, CA Charles Whit-Church Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA Esther Wells Collection, Laguna Beach, CA Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA Irvine Valley College Gallery, Irvine, CA Kaiuou Lopez Gallery, Sierra Madre, CA Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA Mystic Arts World, Laguna Beach, CA Ramon Lopez Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Click to view larger images and specifications: |
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