Description
Franklin McMahon “Home Construction” art print, signed in pen lower right. Great artistry and beautiful vivid colors. Frame measures 28.75in by 20.75in. Excellent vintage condition.
From the artist’s Wikipedia page: “(William) Franklin McMahon (September 9, 1921 – March 3, 2012) was an American artist-reporter. His seminal work at the birth of the civil rights movement, his coverage of U.S. presidential campaigns between 1960 and 2008, America’s role in the space race, the formation of the European council, Vatican II, and scores of other political, cultural, religious and sporting events; all were part of a Franklin McMahon “day at the office” … except that for him, his office was his studio, which is the world. In the words of Peter Lyle of The Sunday Telegraph of London:
… his pencil and his pad have been witness to many of the most significant events in postwar American and world history.
Other than in his very early years when he did illustrations “on spec”, he was not an “after-the-fact” illustrator. In his own words, drawing from life made him an “artist-reporter” or a “reportorial artist.” “That way,” he said, “you can see around the corner.”
Franklin McMahon’s on-the-spot drawings were generally done with a charcoal pencil, then colored in his home studio afterwards, using acrylic watercolors.
McMahon’s work is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the National Air and Space Museum (of the Smithsonian Institution), The University of Chicago, The Borg-Warner Corporation, Time Inc., Binghamton University, The New Britain Museum of American Art, George Washington University, the Lake County IL Discovery Museum as well as 500 + works in the Chicago History Museum. Many of McMahon’s works are represented in the Corbis Collection.”
