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Henry "Mike" Strater (1896–1987) was an American painter, and illustrator. He was a friend of Ernest Hemingway and other figures of the Lost Generation.[1] He was known for his portraiture, figurative, and landscape drawings and paintings.[2] Strater founded the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit, Maine in either 1952 or 1953.[3][4][5]

Henry Strater
Born	January 21, 1896 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	December 21, 1987(1987-12-21) (aged 91) Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Other names	Mike Strater
Education	Princeton University, Art Students League of New York, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Occupation	Painter, illustrator

Early life and education

Henry Strater was born on January 21, 1896 in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended Princeton University.[1] While attending Princeton he befriend F. Scott Fitzgerald.[1] Strater was Fitzgerald's inspiration for the character "Burne Halliday" from the novel This Side of Paradise (1920).[1]

During 1917 and World War I, Strater enlisted in the French Red Cross and drove ambulances.[6] In 1919 he returned to the United States to studied at the Art Students League of New York and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[7] He also took some classes at Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid.[7]

In the 1920s, Strater studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in the Montparnasse district of Paris, under Edouard Vuillard.[1] While in Paris, Strater met Hemingway in a bar, where they had a brawl.[1] Later they became friends and Strater painted two portraits of Hemingway in late 1922 while still in Paris.[1][8][6]

Career

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Ezra Pound had Strater illustrate part of the book, The Cantos.[6]

His friendship with Hemingway ended in 1935, over a Time magazine photo of Marlin fishing that incorrectly credited Hemingway with catching Strater's oversized fish.[9] Hemingway did not correct the issue.

In either 1952 or 1953, Strater founded the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit, Maine.[4][5]

Death and legacy

He died at the age of 91 on December 21, 1987 in Palm Beach.[1] He is buried at the First Parish Cemetery in York, Maine.

Strater's work can be found in museums including the Chrysler Museum of Art,[9] Harvard Art Museums,[10] Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Institute of Arts,[11] and Princeton University Art Museum.[12]

References

External links

• Henry Strater at Find a Grave, has photos

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Henry Strater, surnommé Mike, né en 1896 à Louisville (Kentucky) et mort en 1987 à Palm Beach (Floride), est un artiste peintre qui fut ami d'Ernest Hemingway et d'autres figures de la lost generation.

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