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Robert McGinnis

Robert E. McGinnis (Born 1926) is active/lives in Connecticut, Ohio.  Robert McGinnis is known for Nude figure-female, genre, illustrator.

The following, submitted June 2002, is from Stephen Zimmerman, collector of the artist's work.

Inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 1993, Robert McGinnis, for two generations has interpreted the story lines and mythical characters of such authors as Erle Stanley Gardner, Carter Brown and John D. MacDonald.

McGinnis' favorite medium is egg tempera, and like Andrew Wyeth, uses its unique qualities to create narrative compositions.

McGinnis was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1926 and grew up in Wyoming, Ohio. Despite a lifetime of residence in the East and principally in Connecticut where he still resides, his roots in Midwestern conservatism and rural depression Ohio are invariably traceable in his fine art.

Influenced by his Father's love of "Popeye" and other cartoons and the urging of a sixth grade teach, Robert McGinnis got his first taste of art instruction at Saturday morning classes at the Cincinnati Museum. Although preferring to pl   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1855 characters.]  Artist bio

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