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Douglas Mcclellan Art

American, 1921-2016

Douglas McClellan was one of the pioneering figures at UCSC. McClellan's work has been exhibited widely, including at the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York and the Library of Congress, in Washington, D.C. His work may be found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Pasadena Art Museum, among others. McClellan attended Pasadena City College and the Los Angeles Art Center, served in the Pacific Theater of World War II as a camofleur and after the War, enrolled at the Colorado Springs Art Institute, where he met his wife, Marjorie Ness, an artist. McClellan obtained his master of fine arts degree at Claremont Graduate School. Before teaching at UCSC, McClellan chaired the art department at Scripps College, one of the Claremont Colleges and the Claremont Graduate School, M.F.A. program, as well as taught as an associate professor at Chaffey College, in Ontario. McClellan was a member of the California Watercolor Society and the Los Angeles Art Association.

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Artist: Douglas Mcclellan
'Cretan View', California Artist, SFMOMA, Metropolitan, LACMA
'Cretan View', California Artist, SFMOMA, Metropolitan, LACMA

'Cretan View', California Artist, SFMOMA, Metropolitan, LACMA

By Douglas Mcclellan

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'Douglas McClellan' (American, 1921-2016), dated 1988 and titled lower left, 'Cretan View'; additionally signed, titled, dated and media noted as 'monotype with c...

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1980s Abstract Douglas Mcclellan Art

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'Still Life', Bay Area Abstraction, Metropolitan Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, Abstract
'Still Life', Bay Area Abstraction, Metropolitan Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, Abstract

'Still Life', Bay Area Abstraction, Metropolitan Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, Abstract

By Douglas Mcclellan

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'DMc', for Douglas McCellan (American, 1921-2016) and painted circa 1975. Additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Still Life' and bearing old rental reference label....

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1970s Douglas Mcclellan Art

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Paper, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Board

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