Portrait of Female

BUCKLEY MACGURRIN (1896-1971) 
PORTRAIT OF FEMALE 
 
Artist signed 'BM'
Pastel drawing
34 x 36cm approx.
Wooden frame
 
Buckley MacGurrin served for two and half years during WWI then after the war, he moved to Hollywood to work as a designer for the movie studios.  After deciding to become a full-time artist, MacGurrin moved to Paris.  

He exhibited at the Salon des Tuilleries, at the Salon des Humoristes, and the Salon du France at the gallery Armand Drouant. 

In 1933 he returned to the States, but he also continued to exhibit in Paris, showing his work there between 1929-1937. He became a member of the Californian Society of Artists concentrating in later life on abstract painting.
 
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