Walter Rane was born on 1949 and is an American painter and illustrator known for book illustrations and religious art.
11 Facts About Walter Rane
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Walter Rane obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
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Walter Rane began his career as a book and magazine illustrator in New York City.
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Walter Rane illustrated Meet Kit: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp, Recapitulation by Wallace Stegner, and In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow.
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Walter Rane illustrated the Franklin Library 1978 edition of William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom, and the 1980 edition of Walker Percy's The Moviegoer.
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Walter Rane painted events from the life of Joseph Smith.
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Walter Rane's work has appeared in the LDS Church's International Art Competition seven times.
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In 2002, Walter Rane was commissioned by Deseret Book to paint 17 original oil paintings for the book By the Hand of Mormon depicting scenes from the Book of Mormon.
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Walter Rane painted a large mural at the LDS Visitors Center at Winter Quarters in Omaha, Nebraska.
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In 2006 Walter Rane was the recipient of the Associate Directors Award at the 21st annual Spiritual and Religious Arts Show at the Springville Museum of Art.
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Walter Rane's work is included in the permanent collections of the Church History Museum, the Springville Museum of Art, and Southern Virginia University.