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Justin McCarthy
(American, 1891-1977)
Helsinki Regatta
signed lower right: McCarthy & titled lower left
oil on masonite
actual size: 24 x 24 in.
framed size: 34 x 34 in.
Painted circa 1950s 60s
McCarthy was born and lived most of his life in Weatherly, Pennsylvania. He is relatively well-known among followers of folk and outsider art, but remains unknown to the general art-going public. He began drawing and painting shortly before 1920, but his artistic talent was not recognized until the early 1960s. McCarthy gained some notoriety during his lifetime, despite a reclusive existence, with his works included in exhibitions at such institutions as the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of American Folk Art in New York as well as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The artist painted through the 1970s.
McCarthy achieved a range of skills not common among self-taught and naive artists. Many of his paintings display a dramatic, painterly quality; yet McCarthy also was a remarkable draftsman. His subjects included nearly every aspect of American life: landscapes, still lifes, portraits, sports, and the entertainment world. McCarthy also captured the nation's transformation from rural to urban life |
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