Frank McCarthy (March 30, 1924 – November 17, 2002) was an American artist and realist painter known for advertisements, magazine artwork,

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covers, film posters, and paintings of the American West.

Biography

Born in

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, he studied under

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and Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League of New York then attended the Pratt Institute in

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Types of works

McCarthy began his art career as a commercial illustrator, opening his own studio in 1948. He did illustrations for most of the paperback book publishers, magazines, including '' Colliers'', '' Argosy'', and ''

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'', movie companies, and advertisements. Among McCarthy's

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work were ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Hero's Island'', '' The Great Escape'', and with

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, '' Thunderball'', '' You Only Live Twice'' and '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service''. McCarthy left the commercial art world in 1968 in order to concentrate on Western paintings. In 1975 he was invited to join the Cowboy Artists of America.Snow Goose Gallery – McCarthy, Frank
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in 1976 for the cover of their fifth studio album, ''

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''. He was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame in 1997.

Death

McCarthy died of lung cancer in 2002 at his home of 30 years in Sedona, Arizona.

References

* McCarthy, ''Paintings of the Old West by Frank C. McCarthy'', 1977, R. W. Norton Art Gallery. * McCarthy, ''Frank C. McCarthy: The Old West; A Portrait of Paintings'', 1981, Greenwich Press Ltd. * McCarthy, ''Frank C. McCarthy: a Commemoration of the Fifteenth Anniversary of a Printmaking Partnership'', 1989, Greenwich Workshop. * Kelton, Elmer and McCarthy, Frank C., ''The Art of Frank C. McCarthy'', 1992 William Morrow & Co.

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