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William McBride

William McBride (1912 - 2000) was active/lived in Illinois, Louisiana.  William McBride is known for Abstract figure.

Artist, archivist, art collector, and political historian, William McBride's contribution to the city of Chicago was endless.

As a young artist for the Works Projects Administration, Mr. McBride helped lay the groundwork for the South Side Community Art Center, the only remaining art institution sparked by the WPA.

His art collection once included more than 1,000 paintings from African-American and WPA artists, including Charles White, William Carter, Charles Sebree and Richard Hunt. Some of his collection ended up in major museums and in the collections of Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby.

Mr. McBride was born in Algiers, La., the second of three children of vaudeville performers William and Mary McBride.  The family moved to Bronzeville when Mr. McBride was about 10 years old.  He graduated from St. Elizabeth grammar school and Phillips High School. During the 1930s, Mr. McBride took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he and others, including Mar   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1934 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 11 similar (related) artists for William McBride available:    Gus Nall,  Frederick Douglas Jones Jr,  Mario De Ferrante,  William Sylvester Carter,  Eda Elisabeth Sterchi,  Carl Krafft,  Lester Joseph Chaney,  Gulbrand Sether,  William C Emerson,  Ernest T Fredericks,  Guido Odierna