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Museums page for John McCrady ((1911 - 1968)), known for Modernist figure, genre, religious and portrait painting. Showing 9 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1911 Canton, Mississippi - 1968 Oxford, Mississippi. Known for: Modernist figure, genre, religious and portrait painting.
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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
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 Expressionism was center stage. From the mid 1950s onward, he seemed to lose interest in paint... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950Morris Museum of Art
1 Tenth Street
Augusta, GA 30901Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071