thumb|250px|''Landscape with Fallow Deers'', by John Fery. '''John Fery''' (1859–1934) (born '''Johann Nepomuk Levy''') was an Austrian Empire-born painter, known for his works of the Western United States. He was a painter of outdoor scenes, whose largest customer was the Great Northern Railway. His works were large format, often over {{convert|100|sqft|0|spell=in}}.

Fery's paintings were hung in train stations and other places, promoting travel, particularly to Glacier National Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa118.htm |last=Merrill |first=Peter C. |title=John Fery, Artist of the Rockies |publisher=Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal |date=1994 |volume=66:1&2:2, 75 <!--location=PO Box 4256, University Station, Laramie, WY 82071 Later published in Sommer, Mattox, McDonald and Müller (ed.), German American Painters in Wisconsin: Fifteen Biographical Essays [Stuttgart: Academic Publishing House, 1997]. [http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa118.htm Reprinted and available on-line by permission of the author]}}-->}}</ref> "Painting the Wilderness: John Fery and Contemporaries", exhibit through Sept. 15, 2014 at the Wildling Art Museum, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, California. www.wildlingmuseum.org<ref>Santa Barbara News Press, Scene Magazine, June 27 - July 3, 2014, review by Josef Woodard</ref>

His grandson, John B. Fery (1930–2017), was chief executive officer of Boise Cascade Corporation from 1972 to&nbsp;1995.<ref name=pasamu>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YwQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_igEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7230%2C2233124 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Paintings are shown at museum |date=October 25, 1974 |page=7, part 2 |access-date=May 13, 2015 |archive-date=May 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518205136/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YwQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_igEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7230,2233124 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=bclike>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IXJIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9BIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4853%2C3160969 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |title=Boise Cascade likes its business balance |last=Stafford |first=Roger A. |date=September 17, 1977 |page=7, part 2 |access-date=May 13, 2015 |archive-date=May 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521063953/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IXJIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9BIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4853,3160969 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=potsm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PoJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2706%2C2729808 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |last=Barnard |first=Kathy |title=Optimism rings in forest products talk |date=September 10, 1983 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name=bchpred>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wjspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fWUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3550%2C6295194 |newspaper=Lewiston Daily Sun |location=Maine |title=Boise chairman predicts bright year for paper mills |date=April 30, 1988 |page=25 }}</ref><ref name=hmajf>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockadaymuseum.org/index.cfm?inc=page&page=315&page_content=Hockaday+Announces+John+Fery+Exhibit |publisher=Hockaday Museum (Kalispell, Montana) |title=John Fery: Artist of the Rockies |accessdate=May 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name=idstobt>{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/idahostatesman/obituary.aspx?n=john-bruce-fery&pid=184123916&fhid=6416 |work=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise |agency=(obituary) |title=John Bruce Fery, 1930–2017 |date=February 14, 2017 |accessdate=March 30, 2020}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.wildlifeart.org/collection/artists/artist-john-fery-318/ WildlifeArt.org] - John Fery *[http://www.hockadaymuseum.org/oldsite/Permanent%20Collection/fery.htm Hockaday Museum] - John Fery *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204627/http://www.wisconsinart.org/archives/artist/john-c-fery/profile-45.aspx Museum of Wisconsin Art] - John C. Fery *[http://www.settlerswest.com/html/fery.html Settlers West Galleries] - John Fery *{{Find a Grave|40801872}}

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