01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #52

McClelland Barclay

The Nightclub Singer

Oil on canvas

26 7/8 × 39 7/8 in, 68.3 × 101.3 cm

Private collection

McClelland Barclay, 1891–1943, was born in 1891, in St. Louis, Missouri, and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He moved to New York City in 1912 to make his way in the art world and study at the Art Students League. He quickly became known about New York as a colorful character and according to Life magazine was “talented and seen all around the town”. Tom Fogarty and George Bridgeman were his most influential teachers at the Art Students League and encouraged him to go directly into illustration as he needed immediate income. 

Made his name, not only in opulent oils, but also in jewelry and other decorative arts (bookends, containers, etc.) from his own firm, The McClelland Barclay Art Company. His illustrations depicted the American beauty, from flapper to film star, usually as a fiery redhead or strawberry blonde. His advertising accounts were many, most famous being the Body by Fisher ads that occupied him for many years (full color and black and white). Story art for Cosmopolitan and Redbook; covers for Saturday Home, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, Country Gentleman, Saturday Evening Post, Pictorial Review. War poster, camouflage design, and battlefield correspondence work as a naval Lieutenant Commander. Killed in action, WW2. More on McClelland Barclay

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