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Charles MacLellan

Charles Archibald MacLellan (1885/87 - 1961) was active/lived in Delaware, Ontario / Canada.  Charles MacLellan is known for Illustration, painting, commercial art, teaching.

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Charles A. MacLellan (1885 or 1887 - 1961) (1)

A prolific American illustrator, painter, commercial artist and educator, Charles Archibald MacLellan was born in Trenton, Ontario, Canada, came to Chicago with his parents in about 1892, and died in Wilmington, Delaware, where he had lived since 1910. A follower of Howard Pyle's Brandywine School of Illustration*, MacLellan did about fifty covers for The Saturday Evening Post between 1912 and 1936. He also illustrated covers and articles for numerous other magazines such as Harper's Weekly (January 14, 1911), Collier's (July 4, 1914), The Delineator (February 1915), The Popular Magazine (May 1916), Everybody's Magazine (June 1921), Successful Farming (October 1922), and Modern Priscilla (November 1925). And, he painted pictures to be reproduced as calendars for Rand McNally & Company and did advertising and poster work for Marshall Field and Company, Coca-Cola and others.   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6805 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Charles MacLellan


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Poster Art, Poster Design
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
  • Animals, Mammals
  • Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
  • Domestic Scene Genre, Family Life
  • Female Face and Figure
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Humor, Whimsy
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
  • Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
  • Still Life
Art Association
  • Wilmington Society of Fine Arts
Art Teacher
  • Howard Pyle
Art School
  • Brandywine School, Student
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Calendar Illustration, Calendar Artist
  • Coca-Cola Company Illustrator
  • COLLIER'S Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
  • Commercial Art and Design
  • Genre Specialty
  • HARPER'S WEEKLY, BAZAAR, MONTHLY Illustrator/Photos
  • SATURDAY EVENING POST Illustrator and/or Photographer
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Wilmington Society of Fine Arts-

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