Abstract Gouache Portrait Painting by Robert C. Ray

Description

A gouache painting by the American artist Robert C. Ray (1926-2020). This abstract work depicts a woman with short brown … more A gouache painting by the American artist Robert C. Ray (1926-2020). This abstract work depicts a woman with short brown hair and wearing a blue dress standing next to an open window that looks out onto a European town. Signed to the lower right, the painting is displayed in a wooden frame and a cream mat.

Born in Elwood, Indiana, Ray attended the John Herron Art School in Indianapolis. After spending time abroad in Spain and Italy in 1953, he studied under Hans Hoffman in Provincetown, Massachusetts at Hoffman's School of Fine Art. Ray was also a writer and poet with several published books. In addition to being an artist, Ray also ran an interior decorating business in Indianapolis. less