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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...

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...

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...

gold with ruby & clear rhinestone necklace signed McClelland Barclay made by Rice-Weiner & Co. 1938

A Rice-Weiner necklace and my shocking discover...

A fabulous Rice-Weiner necklace design by McClelland Barclay by the Providence, RI costume jewellery maker led me to a lunch with Howard Weiner, and a shocking discovery about the jewellery...

A Rice-Weiner necklace and my shocking discover...

A fabulous Rice-Weiner necklace design by McClelland Barclay by the Providence, RI costume jewellery maker led me to a lunch with Howard Weiner, and a shocking discovery about the jewellery...

"Pat" the New York Humane Society mascot painted by McClelland Barclay for a 1934 fundraising event

The Borzoi and other Art Deco dogs in McClellan...

Are you a dog lover like me? I know McClelland Barclay was too. Even though he was well known as a “pretty girl” artist in the Art Deco era, he...

The Borzoi and other Art Deco dogs in McClellan...

Are you a dog lover like me? I know McClelland Barclay was too. Even though he was well known as a “pretty girl” artist in the Art Deco era, he...

Summertime by the sea captured in the art of McClelland Barclay

Summertime by the sea captured in the art of Mc...

Being by sea in summertime inspired many works by Art Deco artist McClelland Barclay. From shore to surf, a fondness for summer at the sea was apparent as subjects in...

Summertime by the sea captured in the art of Mc...

Being by sea in summertime inspired many works by Art Deco artist McClelland Barclay. From shore to surf, a fondness for summer at the sea was apparent as subjects in...

Arts & Letters Club is the Toronto venue for June 3 2023 McClelland Barclay book signing & costume jewellery sale

Meet Patricia Gostick at McClelland Barclay boo...

Inviting you to my McClelland Barclay vintage costume jewellery sale and book signing event on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the famous Great Hall of the Arts & Letters Club in...

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Meet Patricia Gostick at McClelland Barclay boo...

Inviting you to my McClelland Barclay vintage costume jewellery sale and book signing event on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the famous Great Hall of the Arts & Letters Club in...

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  • Watch a video preview of the book: McClelland Barclay: Painter of Beautiful Women and More by Patricia Gostick

    Books

    Buy the illustrated biography McClelland Barclay: Painter of Beautiful Women and More by Patricia Gostick.

  • McClelland Barclay Art Products made in the 1930s include metal bookends, desk accessories and vases

    Home Decor

    Shop the collection of McClelland Barclay Metal Art Products Inc. made between 1931 and 1939.

  • Jewellery

    McClelland Barclay costume jewellery collection made by the Rice-Weiner Company between 1938 and 1943.

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