Frank McCarthy

1924-2002

Frank C. McCarthy

BORN IN

New York City

KNOWN FOR

Frontier-horse genre painting, illustration art

NAME VARIATIONS

Franklin C McCarthy

Western painter and illustrator known for depictions of plains Indians in action, Frank McCarthy spent much of his career in New York City and the last years in Arizona. He was born in New York City and for twenty-one years was as an illustrator for major magazines including “Colliers,” “Argosy” and “True” and for paperback book publishers.

He studied at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League in New York and then followed a course of commercial art. Many of his illustrations were large western paintings, something that continued to earn him a reputation as a top-selling artist. His work was also reproduced and distributed by The Greenwich Workshop.

Sold At Lone Star Art Auction

McCarthy, Frank-The Man Hunters-uf-3
FRANK MCCARTHY
(1924-2002)

The Man Hunters

, 1973
oil on board
24 x 18 inches
Sold for: $13,200
McCarthy, Frank-The Pursuit-uf-3
FRANK MCCARTHY
(1924-2002)

The Pursuit

, 1980
oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches
Sold for: $11,875
McCarthy, Frank-Chance of the Hunt-uf-3
FRANK MCCARTHY
(1924-2002)

Chance of the Hunt

oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Sold for: $48,000