James McCray
(California, 1912-1993)

Modern landscape drawing by James McCray.
James McCray was an important figure in the development of the modern art scene in the San Francisco Bay Area. McCray studied at the Barnes Foundation in Pennsylvania after receiving his Master in Fine Arts from the University of California, Berkeley.
McCray taught art at UC Berkeley (1935-40, 1947-80), California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco) (1940-46), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1941-43), and Santa Barbara College (1951).
He exhibited his works at Oakland Art Gallery, 1934; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; San Francisco Art Association, 1939; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1945, 1948, 1950; the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947, 1948; University of New Mexico, 1949 (solo); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1950; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1952; the Whitney Museum of Art, 1951; California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco), 1955 (solo).
This work titled 'Aetna Springs Road' is a felt pen and pastel on paper created in 1974.
Signed and dated lower right.
This work is unframed.

Felt pen and pastel on paper
1974


Measurements
18" x 24" overall


Notes
Signed
Not framed or matted
Provenance: from the artist's estate


Condition
Good