{"id":127519,"date":"2022-07-27T15:11:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T19:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=127519"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T19:55:33","slug":"ddn-prolific-dayton-artist-printmaker-professor-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/07\/27\/ddn-prolific-dayton-artist-printmaker-professor-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton Daily News: Prolific Dayton artist, printmaker, professor dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At right, prolific Dayton artist and print maker Raymond L. Must.<\/p><\/div>\n

One of Dayton\u2019s best-known, multifaceted and prolific artists has died.<\/p>\n

Raymond L. Must, an original member of Wright State University\u2019s Art Department faculty and co-founder of the Dayton Printmakers Cooperative, died July 22. He was 93.<\/p>\n

Must\u2019s works included large abstract paintings on unstretched canvas, figurative drawings, technically inventive prints, and intimate and inspiring daily sketchbooks.<\/p>\n

He was born in 1928 in Detroit, Michigan. His first significant experience with the arts was in primary school when his art teacher showed the class how she worked and carved out a wooden sculpture. She became an early role model.<\/p>\n

He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from Michigan State University, where he majored in psychology and art, and earned a Master of Arts degree from The Ohio State University, focusing mostly in printmaking. He was a research assistant and\u00a0<\/i>taught classes at OSU. He then taught middle school for two years and served two years in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n

Taking a position to teach at the Dayton Art Institute, Must moved to Dayton in 1964. The first printing press came to the DAI just before his arrival and he, and other artists, would build the DAI\u2019s studios. Later, he became one of the aforementioned original faculty members at Wright State University, where he taught from 1967 to 1991, achieving emeritus status.<\/p>\n

\u201cRay was a gifted teacher, a consummate artist, and an engaging intellect,\u201d said artist David Leach. \u201cHe was my closest colleague at WSU as we both taught printmaking there. He was both a colleague and a mentor, and his influence \u2014 the example he set as an artist, teacher and individual \u2014 dramatically affected my life and career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Originally the Dayton Printmakers Cooperative was the Dayton Art Institute Printmakers Cooperative founded in 1983 by Must and Mary Campbell-Zopf. It was an out-growth of the printmaking studio classes offered through the DAI\u2019s School of Art, which closed in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to Ray\u2019s generosity and profound humanity, he had absolutely powerful, understated leadership skills,\u201d said Campbell-Zopf. \u201cHe lived his values at the deepest level and was so generous for all the young professionals coming up. At the Printmakers Cooperative, we had a partnership that was so illuminating and wonderful. We worked beautifully together to start something that still lives today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Must also played a major role in raising funds and securing artists for the Dayton Visual Arts Center in its formative years. In addition, in 2006, his \u201cRay Must: Paintings, Prints and Sketchbooks\u201d was exhibited at Purdue University. In 2012, pieces of his work were on display at the Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries at WSU in \u201cDayton Matrix: A Regional Print Exhibition\u201d and later at The Dayton Printmakers Cooperative Winter Print Show and Sale.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn short, Ray\u2019s legacy does not only relate to his art,\u201d Leach added. \u201cAs great as that is, the Must family legacy extends beyond that. Yes, he lived to make art, and our community will benefit from and remain grateful for that for many years to come. For the many friends, colleagues and past students who knew and worked with Ray, his legacy of kindness, humor and grace will accompany his art, and thus complete the picture of his lasting influence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRay was a quiet genius, bringing people together and helping them work well together,\u201d echoed Campbell-Zopf. \u201cHe was a remarkable person inside and out because he touched the lives of so many artists.\u201d<\/p>\n

A graveside service was held today at Riverview Cemetery.<\/p>\n

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