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1916 Columbus, Ohio - 1994 Sonoita, Arizona. Known for: Indian genre-portrait, landscape.
Known for highly realistic Indian portraits with rich skin tones as well as Southwest and California desert landscape paintings, R Brownell McGrew showed early art talent in his home town and birth... Read full biography
Known for highly realistic Indian portraits with rich skin tones as well as Southwest and California desert landscape paintings, R Brownell McGrew showed early art talent in his home town and birth place of Columbus, Ohio. He moved to California with his family when he was a child and enrolled at... Read full biography
Known for highly realistic Indian portraits with rich skin tones as well as Southwest and California desert landscape paintings, R Brownell McGrew showed early art talent in his home town and birth place of Columbus, Ohio. He moved to California with his family when he was a child and enrolled at the Otis Art Institute, studying with Ralph Holmes. Although he preferred portrait painting, he won recognition for landscapes and was so proficient technically that he spent his last year at Otis... Read full biography
Known for highly realistic Indian portraits with rich skin tones as well as Southwest and California desert landscape paintings, R Brownell McGrew showed early art talent in his home town and birth place of Columbus, Ohio. He moved to California with his family when he was a child and enrolled at the Otis Art Institute, studying with Ralph Holmes. Although he preferred portrait painting, he won recognition for landscapes and was so proficient technically that he spent his last year at Otis teaching. He worked as a commercial artist for M.G.M. and Columbia movie studios and then discovered a love for desert painting. He was also challenged by portrait painting, especially Navajo and Hopi Indians subjects from Arizona and New Mexico. His... Read full biography
Known for highly realistic Indian portraits with rich skin tones as well as Southwest and California desert landscape paintings, R Brownell McGrew showed early art talent in his home town and birth place of Columbus, Ohio. He moved to California with his family when he was a child and enrolled at the Otis Art Institute, studying with Ralph Holmes. Although he preferred portrait painting, he won recognition for landscapes and was so proficient technically that he spent his last year at Otis teaching. He worked as a commercial artist for M.G.M. and Columbia movie studios and then discovered a love for desert painting. He was also challenged by portrait painting, especially Navajo and Hopi Indians subjects from Arizona and New Mexico. His goal was to have a painting look wet after it was completed, and to achieve this effect, he mixed his colors to get a l... Read full biography
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- Best of the West - New MexicoMay 2003Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- What's NewMarch 2003Editors, Art of the WestArt of the West
- On the SceneMarch 2003Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- 30 years of Southwest ArtMay 2001Editor, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Straight TalkDecember 2000Duerr, Allan; Tom TierneyArt of the West
- News BeatSeptember 2000Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Euphoria, Turmoil, and InnovationAugust 1999May, StephenSouthwest Art
- R Brownell McGrewJuly 1994McGrew, R BrownellSouthwest Art