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McClelland Barclay 1927 social tableaur paintings for Camel cigarettes ads

New Camel City Exhibit features Barclay's works...

McClelland Barclay's 1920s works are part of the Camel City exhibit opening August 16 at the historic Reynolda Museum in Winston-Salem, NC. Why did Mac portray smoking when he did...

New Camel City Exhibit features Barclay's works...

McClelland Barclay's 1920s works are part of the Camel City exhibit opening August 16 at the historic Reynolda Museum in Winston-Salem, NC. Why did Mac portray smoking when he did...

Answers to why McClelland Barclay sterling silver jewelry

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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