biography of James Joseph MCBRIDE (1923)

Birth place: Fort Wayne, IN

Addresses: Fort Wayne, IN

Profession: Painter, illustrator, commercial artist

Studied: Fort Wayne Art Inst.; Cape Cod Sch. Art, Provincetown, Mass.; PAFA & summer sch.; Barnes Found. Mod. Art, Merion, Pa.; Franklin Watkins, Francis Speight.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1949; Tri Kappa, 1950-58; Chicago Tribune, 1953; Hammond, Ind., 1955-57; Indiana A., 1957; Michiana, South Bend, 1958; four exhibs, Watercolor USA, Springfield, Mo., 1962-72; Xmas Art Nat., Marymount Col., 1967; Nat. Soc. Casein Painters, NYC, 1970; AWCS, 1972; Larry Williamson, Fort Wayne, IN, 1970s. Awards: Ft. Wayne A. Sch., 1954, 1957; Van Wert. Ohio, 1957; Northern Indiana A., 1953; Chicago Tribune Exh., 1954; Nat. Cath. Press Assn. Award, 1966; Robert Stahl Purchase Award, Watercolor, USA, 1972.

Member: Hoosier Salon Assn.; Ind. Artists Cl.; Fort Wayne Artists Guild.

Work: Fort Wayne Art Inst., Ind.; Ind. Tri Kappa Coll., Nashville; Wabash Col., Ind. Commissions: murals, Key Largo Motel, Howards Gift Shop, Olympic Club & St Joseph Hosp., Fort Wayne.

Comments: Preferred medium: watercolors. Positions: art dir., WKVG-TV, Fort Wayne, 1953-59; art dir., Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Ind., 1959-69; pres., Graphics, Inc., Fort Wayne, 1969-. Teaching: instr. watercolor, Fort Wayne Art Inst., 1964-65; St. Francis Col., Ind., 1969-70; instr. creative watercolor, Ind. Univ.-Purdue Univ., Fort Wayne Campus, 1971-. Publications: Illusr., Family Digest, 1969 & Schema XIII, 1971.