Fred Grayson Sayre (1879 - December 31, 1938) was an American engraver, illustrator, and painter. Life Sayre was born in 1879 in Medoc, Missouri. He briefly worked as a businessman. Sayre began his artistic career as an engraver in Houston, Texas and Chicago, Illinois. He became a painter in Arizona, and he later moved to Glendale, California. He first exhibited his work in 1923 in San Francisco. With his wife Ruth, Sayre had a daughter, Barbara. He died on December 31, 1938, in Glendale, at age 59. Further reading References 1879 births 1938 deaths People from Jasper County, Missouri People from Glendale, California American engravers American illustrators American male painters Painters from California 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists