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1875 Fingal, Tasmania - 1938 Pebble Beach, California. Known for: Tree landscape, Indian scene, marine paintings.
Francis John McComas was born in Fingal, Tasmania on Oct. 1, 1875. At age 15 McComas enrolled at the Sydney Technical Institute. Leaving Australia in 1898 with artist Myer Blashki, he worked his way... Read full biography
Francis John McComas was born in Fingal, Tasmania on Oct. 1, 1875. At age 15 McComas enrolled at the Sydney Technical Institute. Leaving Australia in 1898 with artist Myer Blashki, he worked his way to San Francisco as a merchant seaman. Upon arrival, he studied with Arthur Mathews at the Mark... Read full biography
Francis John McComas was born in Fingal, Tasmania on Oct. 1, 1875. At age 15 McComas enrolled at the Sydney Technical Institute. Leaving Australia in 1898 with artist Myer Blashki, he worked his way to San Francisco as a merchant seaman. Upon arrival, he studied with Arthur Mathews at the Mark Hopkins Institute and continued in Paris at Académie Julian. Returning to San Francisco in 1902, he had his first solo show at Vickery's, and in 1904 toured Europe with photographer Arnold Genthe.... Read full biography
Francis John McComas was born in Fingal, Tasmania on Oct. 1, 1875. At age 15 McComas enrolled at the Sydney Technical Institute. Leaving Australia in 1898 with artist Myer Blashki, he worked his way to San Francisco as a merchant seaman. Upon arrival, he studied with Arthur Mathews at the Mark Hopkins Institute and continued in Paris at Académie Julian. Returning to San Francisco in 1902, he had his first solo show at Vickery's, and in 1904 toured Europe with photographer Arnold Genthe. Architect Willis Polk and artist Charles Rollo Peters were attendants at his marriage to Marie Louise Parrott in San Francisco in 1905. In 1907, while traveling through Greece, the McComases were presented to the royal family. In 1909 and 1910 he spent time... Read full biography
Francis John McComas was born in Fingal, Tasmania on Oct. 1, 1875. At age 15 McComas enrolled at the Sydney Technical Institute. Leaving Australia in 1898 with artist Myer Blashki, he worked his way to San Francisco as a merchant seaman. Upon arrival, he studied with Arthur Mathews at the Mark Hopkins Institute and continued in Paris at Académie Julian. Returning to San Francisco in 1902, he had his first solo show at Vickery's, and in 1904 toured Europe with photographer Arnold Genthe. Architect Willis Polk and artist Charles Rollo Peters were attendants at his marriage to Marie Louise Parrott in San Francisco in 1905. In 1907, while traveling through Greece, the McComases were presented to the royal family. In 1909 and 1910 he spent time sketching in New Mexico and Arizona before settling into his new home in Carmel, CA in 1912. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in... Read full biography
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Keywords (67)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Adobe Structures, Pueblos
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Desert Landscape
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Indian Figure Prior to 1940
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
- •Canyon de Chelly
- •Catalina Island
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Bohemian Club
- •Carmel Art Association
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •San Francisco Art Association-
- •Society of American Artists, New York
Art Teacher
- •Arthur Mathews
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •California School of Design, Mark Hopkins Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Isabella Stewart Gardner Collection
- •J.L Hubbell Collection, Arizona
- •U.S. Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, Foundation
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Marine Before 1900
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Watercolor Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Carmel Art Association-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York