Background
Boynton, Ray Scepter was born on January 14, 1883 in Whitten, Iowa, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Sarah Ellen (Cole) Boynton.
Boynton, Ray Scepter was born on January 14, 1883 in Whitten, Iowa, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Sarah Ellen (Cole) Boynton.
Graduated from the high school, Strawberry Point, Iowa, 1901. Student Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, 1904-1907.
Assistant professor art, University of California, since 1923. Instructor drawing and painting (fresco), California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco. Designed and created encaustics, frescoes, decorations for various halls, offices, et cetera, including decorations for Council Chamber, City Hall, Spokane, Washington.
First Congressional Church, Berkeley, California.
Hall for Chamber Music, Mills College. Fresco for Coit Memorial Tower, San Francisco.
Executing murals for Treasury Department, Washington, District of Columbia, 1935-1936, et cetera
Member of the board of directors San Francisco Art Association, 1931. Member San Francisco Art Association (president Artists Council, also president Alumni Association), National Society Mural Painters, California Society Mural Artists (vice president since 1935). Clubs: Faculty (University of California).
Married Margaret Gough, of Ottawa, Canada, July 25, 1919 (died August 11, 1931). Married second, Kathleen Mains, of Coventry, England.