Douglas Leen: Historic Art Hunter & Author - Epi. 286, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

I had "Ranger of the Lost Art" Doug Leen on today. Very
interesting, man, not only for what he's done for the arts, but
just as much for what he's done for American history.

He starts out as a park ranger, and even before that, he's in
Vietnam Ultimately he gets involved in Kent State after he gets
back from the war and meets with Nixon and talked to him about
the his opposition for the war.

It's also a story of discovery. You see, Doug finds this poster
when he's in his mid-twenties, working as a park ranger. He makes
this discovery and then decides that there's more to it and that
he needs to figure it out. He keeps this poster his whole life.
It goes with him from place to place and finally decides to solve
the riddle he stumbled upon all of those years ago. 

That's what this podcast is really about. The story of the
missing National Parks posters that were done by WPA 
artists between 1938 and 1941. Doug has a book he just put out
about his journey to uncover the missing pieces called "RANGER OF
THE LOST ART–REDISCOVERING THE WPA POSTER ART OF OUR NATIONAL
PARKS". To learn more about the book and to see various posters
he found, visit his website: rangerdoug.com

So anyways, unique, fun, and interesting story. I hope you enjoy
it as much as I did. Douglas Leen on episode 286 of Art Dealer
Diaries Podcast.