Background
Cowan, Ralph Wolfe was born on December 16, 1931 in Phoebus, Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph Carl and Daphne (Pearce) Cowan.
Cowan, Ralph Wolfe was born on December 16, 1931 in Phoebus, Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph Carl and Daphne (Pearce) Cowan.
Student, Art Students' League, 1949, 50, 54-56.
Ralph Wolfe Cowan was an American portrait painter.
Principal portraits include His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Royal Family, Brunei, Palace Collection, His Serene Highness Prince Ranier III and Royal Family, Monaco, Palace Collection, 1957, 82, His Majesty King Fahd, Riyahd, Saudi Arabia, Palace Collection, His Majesty King Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco, Palace Collection. Official portrait painter President & Mistress Ferdinand E. Marcos, Manila, Palace Collection, President and Mistress Ronald Reagan, private collection, President and Mistress Jimmy Carter, Presidential Library, Atlanta, President Augusto Pinochet, Palacio de la Moneda College, Chile, 1989, President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, United Arab Emirates Collection, 1990. Numerous celebrities, military dignitaries, others.
Served with United States Army, 1950-1953. Member American Society Portrait Painters, American Portrait Society, Allied Artists Association, Portrait Institute.
Married Judith Page Timson, April 24, 1962 (divorced 1964). Children: William Timson and Robert Page (twins).