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Douglas Duer (October 4, 1887 – 1964) was a painter and illustrator in the United States. He studied with William Merritt Chase and Howard Pyle. Duer worked for various newspapers, illustrated books, did Works Progress Administration assignments during the Great Depression, and created artwork for greeting cards.

Publications with stories he illustrated include Scribners, Harper's, Everybody's Magazine, The American Magazine and Boy's Life.

He exhibited in Wilmington, Delaware in 1917.

Some of his poetry was published.

Work as illustrator

• Told in the Hills (1891) by Marah Ellis Ryan
• Desert Gold (novel) by Zane Grey
• The Wilderness Trail by Frank Williams
• Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
• Keep the Wagons Moving by West Lathrop, pseudonym for Dorothy West Lathrop
• A siren of the snows by Stanley Shaw
• Two Arabian Knights by Donald McGibeny
• Lizette by Samuel Raphaelson in Everybody's Magazine
• The Great White Wall: A Narrative Poem by William Rose Benét
• The Vanished World by Douglas Duer, Sherman, French & Co. (1916)
• Frontispiece of The Single Track by Douglas Grant (author).
• Walter Reed: Doctor in Uniform by L.N. Wood

References

1. Boog, Pierangelo (November 24, 2013). "The Art of Pierangelo Boog: Douglas Duer - forgotten american illustrator - 1887-1964".
2. ^ "Douglas Duer - Artist Biography for Douglas Duer". www.askart.com.
3. Burlingame, Edward Livermore; Bridges, Robert; Dashiell, Alfred; Logan, Harlan (March 23, 1916). "Scribner's Magazine". Charles Scribner's Sons – via Google Books.
4. "Harper's Magazine". Harper's Magazine Company. March 23, 1917 – via Google Books.
5. "The American Magazine". Colver Publishing House. July 23, 1921 – via Google Books.
6. "The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer". 1920 – via books.google.com.
7. "The International Studio". New York Offices of the International Studio. March 23, 1917 – via Google Books.
8. "The Unitarian Register". American Unitarian association. March 23, 1917 – via Google Books.
9. Hills, William Henry; Luce, Robert (March 23, 1913). "The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers". Writer Publishing Company – via Google Books.
10. "The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer". 1913 – via books.google.com.
11. "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1976: July-December". Copyright Office, Library of Congress. March 23, 1977 – via Google Books.
12. "Everybody's Magazine". Ridgeway Company. March 23, 1922 – via Google Books.
13. The Dial. Jansen, McClurg. March 23, 1916. p. 556 – via Internet Archive. douglas duer.
14. Grant, Douglas (March 23, 1919). "The Single Track". W.J. Watt – via Google Books.
15. "The New York Times Book Review". 1943 – via books.google.com.

External links

• Works by Douglas Duer at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Douglas Duer at the Internet Archive

• 1887 births
• 1964 deaths
• 20th-century American painters
• American magazine illustrators
• 20th-century American poets
• American male poets
• 20th-century American male writers