Guy Crittington Maccoy | |
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Born | Valley Falls, Kansas | October 7, 1904
Died | March 18, 1981 Los Angeles, California | (aged 76)
Nationality | American |
Known for | painter, printmaker, educator |
Spouse | Geno Pettit |
Website | guymaccoy |
Guy Maccoy (1904 - 1981) was an American artist known for his serigraphs.
Maccoy was born on October 7, 1904[1] in Valley Falls, Kansas.[2] He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, the Broadmoor Art Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Art Students League of New York.[3] For a time he worked at the Federal Art Project. He was married to fellow artist Genoi Pettit (1894-1982).[4]
In the 1940s Maccoy's work was included in several of the Dallas Museum of Art exhibitions of the National Serigraph Society.[5][6][7]
In 1947 Maccoy moved to Los Angeles, California where he taught at the Otis Art Institute and was a founder of the Western Serigraph Society.[4] He died on March 18, 1981[1] in Los Angeles.[2]
Maccoy's work is in the collection of the British Museum,[8] the National Gallery of Art,[9] the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[10] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[2]