Raymond E. Noble

Raymond E. Noble was an American artist active primarily during a focused period from 1935 to 1940. Noble's documented output is strongly affiliated with the Index of American Design (IAD), a federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) initiative tasked with documenting historic American decorative and folk arts. Noble contributed approximately fifteen such works to the project, executing precise renderings of historical objects and architectural details.

Noble’s documented studies highlight an objective focus on material culture and architectural documentation. Works represented in museum collections include the rendering of a Cabinet, the detailed study of a Town Crier's Bell, and illustrations documenting ecclesiastical furnishings, such as two versions of a Stand for Baptismal Font. The work Technique Demo (Architectural Detail) further suggests Noble's competency in precise illustrative styles necessary for the project's documentation goals. These meticulously produced IAD drawings are valued as museum-quality historical records.

The core of Noble's verifiable artistic contributions is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art. As high-quality prints and downloadable artwork, reproductions of these historic studies are widely accessible, frequently entering the public domain via institutional collections.