Walter Rane

Who is Walter Rane?

Walter Rane is an American artist who begin his career as primarily a book and magazine illustrator but now specializes in religious art.

Rane was raised in Southern California. He studied at the Art Center College of Design. He then worked in the New York City area but later moved to Salem, Oregon. While in New York City Rane illustrated such works as Meet Kit: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp. He has also illustrated editions of Wallace Stegner's Recapitulation and Ellen Glasgow's In This Our Life. He also illustrated the Franklin Library 1978 edition of William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom.

A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the early 1990s the Church asked him to begin creating works of art on religious themes. Many of his works depict scenes described in the Book of Mormon while others focus on events in the life of Jesus Christ. He has also painted events from the life of Joseph Smith.