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Lester Wilton Raymer (1907-1991) Rehearsal 1966 The oil on Masonite, incorporating a sepia tone collotype print after Girolamo Romanino's 14th century painting The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, is signed lower right front. The painting title and date are inscribed verso in black marker. This painting, a work of rare subject matter for Lester Raymer, is made rarer still by the artist's use of decoupage, a technique he was known to use in very few instances according to scholars at his Red Barn Studio Museum. And no other examples of this technique - or subject matter - seems to have appeared on the market or could be found in more than 30 years of auction records. Born in Alva, Oklahoma in 1907, Lester Raymer pursued formal training at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1930 to 1933, studying under the painter Boris Anisfeld and art historian Helen Gardner, earning his BFA. He returned to Oklahoma and later relocated to Lindsborg, Kansas, in 1945, where he married fellow artist Ramona Weddle. He succeeded Birger Sandzen as painting instructor at Bethany College in 1946. He was something of a multimedia virtuoso, skilled in painting, printmaking, ceramics, woodcarving, metalwork, stitchery, mosaics, furniture design, jewelry and toys. Overall framed size measures 9.5 x 31.5 inches. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.