William Jackson McLarty (April 24, 1919 – July 10, 2011) was a

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

, and teacher of the

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region of the United States.

History

Born in

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, he moved with his family to

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

, in 1921. He attended Benson High School in Portland, the Portland Museum Art School, and the

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(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 worked in paint (

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, and later

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), print (

lithograph Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

serigraph Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink (or dye) onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. A blade or squeegee is moved across the screen to fill the open mesh ...

woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that ...

wood engraving Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image or ''matrix'' of images into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and ...

etching Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...

), and in a few cases

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design and

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Works in collections

The Amica Collection - ''Japanese Red''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 , 096449163X *''World Watcher-Jack McLarty: 50 Years 1944-1994'' () Portland, Or. McLarty's Choice, 1995 *''Jack McLarty-Drawings'' Portland OR. McLarty's Choice 2005 , 0-9644916-6-4 *''Wind and Pines'' William Elliott and Noah Brannen Illus. Jack McLarty Portland OR Image Gallery 1977

Teachers and influences

Anton Refregier Anton Refregier (March 20, 1905 – October 10, 1979) was a painter and muralist active in Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project commissions, and in teaching art. He was a Russian immigrant to the United States. Among his best-kn ...

Joseph Solman Joseph Solman (January 25, 1909 – April 16, 2008) was an American painter, a founder of The Ten, a group of New York City Expressionist painters in the 1930s. His best known works include his "Subway Gouaches" depicting travelers on the New ...

* Paul Franck * Akira Kurosaki * Junichiro Sekino *

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

* Jose Orozco

External links

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Preservation of Oregon's Artistic Heritage
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