McKendree Long
McKendree Long (1888 — 1976) was an American minister and painter.
Life[edit]
Educated at Horner Military Academy in Oxford and at Davidson College, he went on to attend classes at the Art Students League in New York.[1] Upon winning a scholarship for study in Europe, he travelled there, learning an academic style of portrait painting. He returned to the United States, working as a professional portraitist in New York City and North Carolina. Long went on to serve in World War I, and abandoned his artistic career afterwards, being ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1922, becoming an evangelist in the southern U.S.[2] In his seventies, Reverend Long began painting again, in a far more surrealistic fashion that widely differed from the style of his previous portraiture.
Grandson Ben Long (1945- ) is also an alumnus of the Art Students League in New York. Ben Long has gained substantial international notoriety, particularly for his drawings and fresco work.[3]
Archival collections[edit]
The Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has McKendree Robbins Long's Papers, including written and printed materials; original drawings, sketches, and illustrations; a folder of photographs; and seven sermons recorded on Duodisc electric transcription discs. Long embellished a portion of his handwritten work with imaginative illustrations and/or illumination, making this collection, and Long, particularly unique.
References[edit]
- ^ Johnson, Ken (January 16, 2004). "ART IN REVIEW; McKendree Robbins Long -- 'Salvation and Smothered Passions'". The New York Times. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ Crowther, Hal; Smith, Lee (Spring 2004). ""All Wrought Up": The Apocalyptic South of McKendree Robbins Long". Southern Cultures. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Bell, Adam (September 23, 2015). "New fresco by Ben Long comes to Wingate University museum". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
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