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"Lifeguard and Bather, " Stylized Art Deco Beach Scene by MacGurrin, 1938

About the Item

Reminiscent of the work of Gerald Murphy in its use of strong colors and flat, highly-stylized forms, this depiction of a lifeguard in profile, a female bather-cum-mermaid with a fashionable hat and starfish hands, and sailboats in the distance, is a marvelous example of late 1930s Art Deco-Cubist painting. The painter was Buckley MacGurrin, who studied and exhibited in Paris for years, but had roots in the Midwest and is strongly identified with California as well. He served as a Hollywood set designer in the 1920s before going to Paris, and again for Paramount Studios when he returned to California in the 1930s, but he also exhibited at the Stendahl Art Galleries and Dalzell Hatfield Gallery in Los Angeles. MacGurrin worked with the Federal Art Project during the Depression, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara, and executed a number of murals in Southern California, including a set for the Los Angeles County Art Museum. This painting is gouache on artist board; the painted area is 12.5 inches high by 9 inches wide.

Dimensions:

Height: 16.25 in (41.28 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)

Style:

Art Deco (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Paint,Painted

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

1930-1939

Date of Manufacture:

1938