George McNeil (1908 - 1995)
George Joseph McNeil was active/lived in New York. George McNeil is known for figurative expression, graphics.
"Afternoon Party"
Signed lower Left
Oil on Canvas
Painting Size: 37" x 30".
Frame Size: 37 1/2" x 30 1/2".
Created in 1987
CONDITION
Good Condition
Biography from the Archives of askART
George McNeil was born on February 22,1908 in New York City. He studied at the Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Hans Hoffmann School of Fine Arts and Columbia University. In 1935 he joined the Federal Art Project of the WPA and in 1936 he helped form the American Abstract Artists. He was known for his vibrant colors and energetic compositions.
McNeil grew up in the East New York section of Brooklyn in a working-class family of Irish descent that neither encouraged nor discouraged his interest in art. He took art classes Saturday mornings at the Brooklyn Museum and by the time he was sixteen, he was sold on modern art. Later he won a New York Art League scholarship to Pratt; he went there from 1927 to 1929. He met Dora who was only sixteen at the time and they were married in 1936.
McNeil and his wife, Dora, who had been a graphic designer, lived in an apartment over his studio near the Pratt Institute. He worked in the ground-floor studio about six hours a day. The McNeils had two children.
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Good Condition