This is a great find. A signed original painting by the famed artist and illustrator McClelland Barclay, circa 1930s. Context unknown, but he did do some commission work for the Crane company, and this could possibly have been done to show off the quality of their faucets and fixtures. In any case, it’s a fantastic and unusual statement piece that would look good quite a few different types of interiors. Beautiful to look at and excellent as a conversation piece.
Dimensions:
39” Wide
29.5” High
Bio info from Wikipedia and The Illustrated Gallery below :
McClelland Barclay (1891 – 18 July 1943) was an American illustrator. By the age of 21, Barclay's work had been published in The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies’ Home Journal and Cosmopolitan.
McClelland Barclay was commissioned a Lieutenant Commander, U.S.N.R., during World War II and contributed many posters, illustrations and officer portraits for the Navy before being reported missing in action, in the Pacific Theatre, aboard an L.S.T. which was torpedoed.
Before the war, Barclay was most noted for his ability to paint strikingly beautiful women, as best exemplified by his long running series for General Motors illustrating the slogan, “Body by Fisher.” Some of his other advertising clients included Lever Brothers Co., Frigidaire, A&P, Eaton papers, Crane and Pike Company, Elgin Watches, and especially Humming Bird Hosiery. He also illustrated fiction for most of the large-circulation magazines.
Sculpture was another facet of the artist’s career, and his McClelland Barclay Art Products Corporation produced a whole line of three-dimensional decorative products.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Barclay was a student of H. C. Ives, George Bridgman and Thomas Fogarty. He was a member of the Artists Guild, the Art Students League of New York, and the Society of Illustrators.
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