Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896–1969) was a Massachusetts-born artist and conservationist who became one of America’s foremost masters of sporting art. He studied at the Boston Museum School under Frank Benson and Philip Hale, and in 1924 was awarded the prestigious Paige Traveling Fellowship, which funded a year of study and painting in Europe and North Africa. Initially recognized for his landscapes and city scenes, Ripley turned to sporting subjects in the 1930s, capturing waterfowl, upland game birds, and traditional hunting life with striking precision. He was a longtime member and later president of the Guild of Boston Artists, playing a key role in promoting representational art in New England. His work is represented in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.