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Bruce McKain

Bruce McKain (1900 - 1990) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Indiana.  Bruce McKain is known for Landscape-coastal, figure-genre.

Bruce McKain (b.1900 / d.1990)

Bruce McKain was born in Freetown, Jackson, Indiana on June 22, 1900.

McKain began his studies at Herron Al from 1918 to 1922.  From 1923 until 1933, he studied with Charles Hawthorne.  McKain was a Member of PAAM, Beachcombers.  

He exhibited at: NA, 1938, PAAM, 1934, 1936, 1939, WFNY.  From 1928 on McKain worked for the circus Ringling Brothers.  Here he painted the circus' sets.

McKain was married to Amy B Birge.  

On January 22, 1990, Bruce McKain passed away in Massachusetts.

Sources Include:
www.outercapeartauctions.net
www.provincetownartistregistry.com
www.records.ancestry.com

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Bruce McKain


   Keywords 
Art MethodArt MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Gardens, Garden Scenes
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Street Scenes, Street Genre
  • Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Teacher
  • Charles Hawthorne
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Figure Specialty
  • Genre Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Provincetown Art Association

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