Biografie von Jay Jesse MCVICKER (1911-2004)

Birth place: Vici, OK

Addresses: Stillwater, OK

Profession: Printmaker, painter, educator

Studied: Okla State Univ. (B.A. & M.A.)

Exhibited: AIC,1946,1949; PAFA Ann., 1951; WMAA, 1956; Am. Japan Contemp. Print Exhib., Tokyo, 1967; Rockhill-Nelson Gal., Kansas City, MO, 1969; Dallas MFA, 1969 (print purchase award); Audubon Artists, NYC, 1971; Fred Jones Mem. Gal., Norman, OK, 1971 (solo); Oklahoma Art Ctr.,1967 (painting purchase award); Longview Jr. Service League, Tex., 1971 (painting purchase award); Bethesda AG, 1983, 1986 (solos)

Member: Audubon Artists; Soc. Am. Graphic Artists; Phila. Print Cl.

Work: MMA; NMAA; LOC; Springfield (MO) AM; Brooks AG, Memphis; Dallas MFA; Joslyn Art Mus., Omaha, NE; Okla. Art Ctr.; Philbrook Art Ctr., Tulsa, OK; Wichita AA; LACMA; Longview (TX) AM; Georgetown Univ. AG.

Comments: Recognized as a master of the aquatint medium. His style moved from romantic regional representationalism (1940-48) to abstraction (beginning 1949). Teaching: Okla. State Univ., 1941-, prof. printmaking, 1959-.

Sources: WW73; WW47; exh. cat., Bethesda AG (1986); Falk, Exh. Record Series.