biography of Robert MCCLELLAN (1906-1977)

Birth place: Hopewell, NJ

Addresses: Vinalhaven, ME

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Fliesman Sch. Art; Newark Indust. Sch. Art, Pratt Inst.; ASL; also with John L. Carlson, Frank B.A. Linton, Paul Remmy & Harry Leith-Ross.

Exhibited: Painters & Sculptors Soc. Jersey City, NJ; All. Artists Am., NAD Galleries; Fla. Int., Lakeland; Salma. Cl.; Ogunquit Art Summer Show, Maine. Awards: medal of honor for best in show, NJ Painters & Sculptors Soc., 1950; first award for watercolor, Plainfield Art Assn. NJ, 1957; Auth. Award, NJ Assn. Teachers English, 1968.

Member: ASL (life mem.)

Work: Thompson Neely House Hist Mus. Pvt. comns.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Positions: retouch artist, var. newspapers & mags., 1927-71. Teaching: instr. fine arts & owner, New Hope Sch. Art, Pa., 1947-52; instr., New York Sch. Crafts & Printing. Publications: auth., "Contemporary Thinking," Am Photo-engraver, 1958 & The Delaware Canal, Rutgers Univ. Press, 1967; contribr., var. newspapers.