Ranger was a member of the American Watercolor society, Boston Art Club, the Lotus Club, and in 1906 became a full member of the National Academy of Design. He exhibited regularly at the Boston Art Club, the National Academy of Design and the Brooklyn Art Association, and received a number of medals at international expositions, including one at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Upon his death in 1916, Ranger bequeathed his entire collection and estate to the National Academy of Design to establish the Ranger Fund intended to purchase paintings for donation to the nation’s museums.