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Frank McCarthy knew from an early age that his passion was art, copying from his favorite
comic strips. Encouraged by his parents and art teachers, he enrolled at fourteen in New York’
s Art Students League, studying first under George Bridgeman and then under Reginald
Marsh. After high school graduation, he studied for three years at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute
with a major in illustration. Following his studies, McCarthy embarked on his art career as a
commercial illustrator in New York City. He painted illustrations for most of the paperback book
publishers, magazines, movie companies and advertisements. He created works that became
posters for such movies as the James Bond series. Frank McCarthy’s talents were highly
sought-after by art directors enabling him to work as a free lance illustrator for many years.
His art career spanned over 50 years, beginning with a request for a western cover for a
magazine by an art director. He left the world of commercial art in 1968, and began his fine art
career after moving to Sedona, Arizona. Frank McCarthy’s dynamic paintings frequently
featured the people of the west with a special emphasis on the Plains Indian, mountain men
and cavalry that comprised the lore and lure of the Old West. Appropriately entitled the “Dean
of Western Action Painters,” Frank McCarthy’s art was unsurpassed for its motion, drama and
absolute attention to accuracy and detail. Highly collected and frequently imitated, Frank
McCarthy’s works were treasured throughout the world as classic examples of contemporary
Western Art. Retrospective showings of Frank McCarthy’s paintings have been held at the
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas; the R.W. Norton Museum in Shreveport, La.; the
Thomas Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Ok.; and in 1992, at the Cowboy Artist of America
Museum (now known as National Center for American Western Art) in Kerrville, Texas. Frank
McCarthy was invited to join the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America organization in 1975
and was an active member in the CAA group for 23 years. He was inducted into the Society of
Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1997 Three books of his paintings have been published-The Art of
Frank C. McCarthy, Frank C. McCarthy, Fifteen Anniversary commemorative and The Old
West, a leather-bound Collector’s Edition. More than 100 limited edition art prints of his
paintings have been published since 1974 by The Greenwich Workshop. McCarthy passed
away in 2002 at his home of 30 years in the beautiful red rocks of Sedona, Arizona.
comic strips. Encouraged by his parents and art teachers, he enrolled at fourteen in New York’
s Art Students League, studying first under George Bridgeman and then under Reginald
Marsh. After high school graduation, he studied for three years at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute
with a major in illustration. Following his studies, McCarthy embarked on his art career as a
commercial illustrator in New York City. He painted illustrations for most of the paperback book
publishers, magazines, movie companies and advertisements. He created works that became
posters for such movies as the James Bond series. Frank McCarthy’s talents were highly
sought-after by art directors enabling him to work as a free lance illustrator for many years.
His art career spanned over 50 years, beginning with a request for a western cover for a
magazine by an art director. He left the world of commercial art in 1968, and began his fine art
career after moving to Sedona, Arizona. Frank McCarthy’s dynamic paintings frequently
featured the people of the west with a special emphasis on the Plains Indian, mountain men
and cavalry that comprised the lore and lure of the Old West. Appropriately entitled the “Dean
of Western Action Painters,” Frank McCarthy’s art was unsurpassed for its motion, drama and
absolute attention to accuracy and detail. Highly collected and frequently imitated, Frank
McCarthy’s works were treasured throughout the world as classic examples of contemporary
Western Art. Retrospective showings of Frank McCarthy’s paintings have been held at the
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas; the R.W. Norton Museum in Shreveport, La.; the
Thomas Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Ok.; and in 1992, at the Cowboy Artist of America
Museum (now known as National Center for American Western Art) in Kerrville, Texas. Frank
McCarthy was invited to join the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America organization in 1975
and was an active member in the CAA group for 23 years. He was inducted into the Society of
Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1997 Three books of his paintings have been published-The Art of
Frank C. McCarthy, Frank C. McCarthy, Fifteen Anniversary commemorative and The Old
West, a leather-bound Collector’s Edition. More than 100 limited edition art prints of his
paintings have been published since 1974 by The Greenwich Workshop. McCarthy passed
away in 2002 at his home of 30 years in the beautiful red rocks of Sedona, Arizona.
Frank McCarthy
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