- Jack McLarty
William James (Jack) McLarty (
April 24 ,1919 – ) asurrealist painter,printmaker , and teacher of the Pacific Northwest.History
Born in
Seattle ,Washington , he moved with his family to Portland, Oregon in 1921. He attended Benson High School in Portland, the Portland Museum Art School (now PNCA), and the American Artists School in New York (1940-1941). After two years in New York he returned to Portland, and in 1945 he began teaching at the Museum Art School where he remained until his retirement.Media
McLarty has worked in paint (oil, and later acrylic), print (
lithograph ,serigraph ,woodcut ,wood engraving ,etching ), and in a few casesstained glass design andsculpture .Works in collections
* [http://www.davidrumsey.com/amico/amico617697-48542.html The Amica Collection - "Japanese Red"]
* [http://americanart.si.edu/search/search_artworks1.cfm?StartRow=1&LastName=mclarty&FirstName=&Title=&Keyword=&Accession=&dosearch=Go&db=all&format=long Smithsonian American Art Museum 1974.116.13 - "Japanese Red"]Books and publications
*"Encounters with the White Train" - with Andy Robinson. Ltd. ed. of 500. Portland, OR. Press-22, 1986.
*"A Printmaker's World" - Portland OR. McLarty's Choice, 1997 ISBN 0-9644916-2-1, 096449163X
*"World Watcher-Jack McLarty: 50 Years 1944-1994" (ISBN 0-9644916-0-5) Portland, Or. McLarty's Choice, 1995
*"Jack McLarty-Drawings" Portland OR. McLarty's Choice 2005 ISBN 0-9644916-7-2, 0-9644916-6-4
*"Wind and Pines" William Elliott and Noah Brannen Illus. Jack McLarty Portland OR Image Gallery 1977 ISBN 0-918362-00-8Teachers and influences
*
Anton Refregier
*Joseph Solman
*Paul Franck
*Akira Kurosaki
*Junichiro Sekino
*Diego Rivera
*Jose Orozco External links
* the [http://www.poahonline.org Preservation of Oregon's Artistic Heritage] project
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