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Why is McClelland Barclay sterling silver jewellery so rare?

Why is McClelland Barclay sterling silver jewel...

Patricia Gostick explains the rarity of McClelland Barclay sterling silver jewellery. Based on her years of research which she shared a recent talk she gave to the Silver Society of...

Why is McClelland Barclay sterling silver jewel...

Patricia Gostick explains the rarity of McClelland Barclay sterling silver jewellery. Based on her years of research which she shared a recent talk she gave to the Silver Society of...

McClelland Barclay USNR, LOG magazine covers 1942 & 1943

Current events illustrate McClelland Barclay wa...

Delaware Art Museum Jazz Age Illustration exhibit and U.S. Navy Museum Historian talk reveal how Mac was so much more than a 'pretty girl' artist.

Current events illustrate McClelland Barclay wa...

Delaware Art Museum Jazz Age Illustration exhibit and U.S. Navy Museum Historian talk reveal how Mac was so much more than a 'pretty girl' artist.

Detail of McClelland Barclay illustration for A.B. Dick mimeograph ad, Saturday Evening Post June 14, 1919

Art Deco Design Influence in McClelland Barclay...

I look at the Art Deco design influence in McClelland Barclay's commercial illustrations, decorative art products and costume jewellery he created between 1919 and 1939.

Art Deco Design Influence in McClelland Barclay...

I look at the Art Deco design influence in McClelland Barclay's commercial illustrations, decorative art products and costume jewellery he created between 1919 and 1939.

Sporting Life: Art, Athletes & Olympic Art Deco

Sporting Life: Art, Athletes & Olympic Art Deco

From medals to posters, art has been a part of the modern Olympic Games. In this year's host city where the Art Deco movement began, I look at how sport...

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Sporting Life: Art, Athletes & Olympic Art Deco

From medals to posters, art has been a part of the modern Olympic Games. In this year's host city where the Art Deco movement began, I look at how sport...

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Painting Pretty Girls and Pop Fiction: McClelland Barclay’s Short Story Illustrations for Cosmopolitan

Painting Pretty Girls and Pop Fiction: McClella...

Art Deco artist McClelland Barclay is best known for "pretty girl" paintings in advertising for GM's Fisher Bodies in the 1920s. But he did a lot more than that. His...

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Painting Pretty Girls and Pop Fiction: McClella...

Art Deco artist McClelland Barclay is best known for "pretty girl" paintings in advertising for GM's Fisher Bodies in the 1920s. But he did a lot more than that. His...

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Portrait of a Star: Two ways to see Barclay's painting of Anna Neagle for the film No, No, Nanette

Portrait of a Star: Two ways to see Barclay's p...

McClelland Barclay's original sassy portrait of Dame Anna Neagle, famous British stage and screen actress, can be seen today in London's National Portrait Gallery. Find out how the painting also...

Portrait of a Star: Two ways to see Barclay's p...

McClelland Barclay's original sassy portrait of Dame Anna Neagle, famous British stage and screen actress, can be seen today in London's National Portrait Gallery. Find out how the painting also...

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