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James Kenneth "J.K." Ralston (March 31, 1896 – November 26, 1987)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Kenneth Ralston (1896 - 1987) )〕 was an American painter of the Old American West whose primary topics were the American West and images of cowboys and American Indians. He also did commercial artwork.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Permanent Art Collection - J.K. Ralston - A few more examples of J.K. Ralston's work )〕 ==Life and career== Ralston's family moved to Colorado from Independence, Missouri in 1859 by ox team, then Idaho in 1863, and finally Montana in 1864, seeking gold each time.〔 Ralston's father, William R. Ralston, "arrived in Highland, a settlement on Alder Gulch" on July 4, 1864, settling on a ranch "about 12 miles" from Choteau, Montana in 1877. Ralston was born in 1896 in Choteau, Montana. His family moved to Helena, Montana before he was 10 years old. When he was 10, in 1906, they moved to the Capital P ranch in Dawson County, Montana in northeastern Montana. He spent his early adult years as a cowboy in eastern Montana. In 1917, after completing high school, he "rode a cattle train to Chicago," where he attended the Chicago Art Institute for three months before joining the United States Army in spring of 1918.〔 He served in the 62nd Infantry, Eighth Division in World War I. This unit served overseas but did not see combat. Ralston returned to the Chicago Art Institute in the fall of 1920. In 1923 Ralston married his wife Willo and they lived on the Pacific coast for seven years. They returned to Montana in 1930 and took over the Roman E, his father's ranch, near Culbertson, Montana. The Great Depression forced them to move to Billings, Montana in 1935. Ralston opened a studio in Billings and worked as a professional full-time artist. His works include Treasury Section of Fine Arts murals at the Richland County Courthouse and ''General Sully at Yellowstone'' in 1942 for the post office in Sidney, Montana as well as a post office mural, ''The Fate of a Mail Carrier - Charloie Nolan - 1876'' in Sturgis, South Dakota.〔Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1984〕 He earned He also created public art for the First National Bank in Billings, and for the Westerners Club in Las Vegas.〔 Ralston died in 1987 in Billings.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=J. K. Ralston (1896-1987) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. K. Ralston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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