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William James (Jack) McLarty
(1919- )
Education:
Museum Art School, Portland (1937-39);
American Artists School (1940)
Biography:
McLarty taught at the Museum Art School until his retirement and served as
acting dean from 1958-59. McLarty and Louis Bunce moved to Newport during the
vacation periods from 1948-1950 to establish an outdoor art school on the
beach. McLarty described his work as "surrealistic," and he believed the
artistic atmosphere in Portland helped him develop in his own independent
fashion. His early themes, from 1950-52, included the city of Portland at night
and the 1948 Vanport flood. In the mid-1950s his canvases displayed a less
vibrant color palette, with less outlining and shading. Themes of sports and
games appeared in the late 1950s, and a change to a lighter, brighter palette.
McLarty continued to change style and technique as social and environmental
problems engaged his interest and concern.
Media:
Oil, acrylic, prints (lithograph, serigraph, wood cut, wood engraving, etching)
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