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Harry Schaare (May 23, 1922 – April 9, 2008) was an American Ro Gallery bio of Schaare
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Harry Schaare (May 23, 1922 – April 9, 2008) was an American painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
whose work has primarily served the book cover and magazine
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illustration
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markets.
Schaare was born in the Jamaica area of New York City. Early on he studied architecture at New York University. He was a pilot with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In 1947 he graduated from Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The school was ...
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He did illustrations for '' Boys Life'', '' Sports Illustrated'', '' Reader's Digest'', '' Aviation Week'' and several other magazines./ref> He was the artist for a broad array of book covers in a wide variety of genres. In 1975, he got into western art galleries, and then in 1981, moved to Arizona to continue his art.
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