Henry Strater

Henry "Mike" Strater (January 21, 1896 – December 21, 1987) was an American painter and illustrator.

[1] Strater was Fitzgerald's inspiration for the character "Burne Halliday" from the novel This Side of Paradise (1920).

[1] During 1917 and World War I, Strater enlisted in the French Red Cross and drove ambulances for the Allies.

[7] In the 1920s, Strater studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in the Montparnasse district of Paris, under Edouard Vuillard.

[1][8][6] Ezra Pound had Strater illustrate part of the book, The Cantos.