STRAYER, Paul (1885-1981). Untitled (Minstrels). 20th century. Oil on board. A trio of minstrels sing in a snowy field. 22 ¾ x 17 ¼”. SIGNED BY ARTIST. Wear at edges of image. Paul Strayer began his artistic career as a staff artist for The Chicago Times at sixteen years old while attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at night. From the 1920s on he worked as an illustrator, his work appearing on the covers of numerous pulp magazines throughout this period; in 1935 he illustrated Rudyard Kipling’s Tales of India for Rand McNally. He spent the last years of his career as a top illustrator of The Chicago Tribune Sunday Supplement Magazine.