Ray Boynton

Ray Scepter Boynton (1883–1951) also known as Raymond Boynton, was an American artiste and arts educator, most famous for his mural enactment in California during the Great Depression where he earned commissions below the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) and the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP).

He worked at Coit Tower painting murals with Ralph Stackpole, Bernard Zakheim, and Edith Hamlin (wife of Maynard Dixon). He in addition to painted nine murals in the Modesto Post Office which was decommissioned and sold at auction in 2011. As competently as creating public commissions, Boynton was a teacher at several post-secondary institutions.