Fine Western Art Collections
West Lives On Gallery
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R. Brownell McGrew
1916 - 1994 |
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 hometown and birthplace 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 studios and then discovered a love for desert
painting. Portrait painting, especially Navajo and Hopi Indians
from Arizona and New Mexico, also challenged him.
His goal was to have a painting look wet after it was completed. To
achieve this effect of a luminosity, he mixed oil paint, linseed oil
and turpentine, but he never used glaze or lacquer. |
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"Jerry Salt"
oil on board
• 14" x 10"
SOLD
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