John McCrady ART FOR SALE

Portrait of John McCrady: Self Portrait-Grand Isle

1911 Canton, Mississippi - 1968 Oxford, Mississippi. Known for: Modernist figure, genre, religious and portrait painting.

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Born in Canton, Mississippi, John McCrady had a deep exposure to southern culture during his childhood in Oxford, Mississippi. His father was an Episcopalian minister who also taught philosophy at the University of Mississippi. In the mid 1940s, he worked on a series of paintings of nostalgic scenes of the Deep South including images of steamboats, plantation, and cotton fields. These works, very popular with the public, were exhibited at the Associated American Artists Gallery in New York City. He also did Art Deco oil paintings such as Mother Earth and satirical paintings including Mr. Gulliver of La-fay-ette County, which expressed his feelings that artists interested in depicting realism were considered passe in a time when Abstract... Read full biography

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"Escape"

Type:Painting

Size:14.50" x 19.00"

Medium:Acrylic

Signed:Lower Right

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Neal Auction June 5 Lot 362. John McCrady, American/Mississippi, 1911-1968, "Escape", carbon acrylic on paper laid on board, signed lower right, titled lower left, artist label with title en verso, original artist frame.

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