Explore the work of Alabama artist Miriam McClung — from scenes of Birmingham, the Southeast, and beyond. Over seventy years of art to be enjoyed and collected.
She studied under Mark Rothko one summer, but didn’t realize he was famous. And she once met Salvador Dali at a party in NYC.
Miriam’s art career spans over seven decades. Here is a biographical résumé of her education, shows, and exhibits.
Miriam’s current studio location has served as a her primary creative space since the late 1970’s. It has a unique history.
Sometimes good things do happen to those who wait. Miriam’s grandson, Noah, and his wife Kensley stopped by last weekend to make a video of Miriam’s art for Tik Tok. We had tried putting Miriam’s work on Tik Tok in the past but with little success. Well, Noah’s video went viral. Miriam’s Tik Tok account
These four, mid-century abstract works by Miriam McClung were done in 1957 while Miriam was an undergraduate student at the University of Alabama in Professor Grenada’s sculpture class. “Abstracts – Alabama” by Miriam McClung, 1957. Ink on paper. 11.75″ x 8.75″. Contact us if you are interested in purchasing similar original mid-century abstracts by Miriam.
Jerry Farnsworth (1895 – 1983) was one of the most renowned portrait and figure painters in America. In the 1930s, his commissions included covers for TIME magazine and are exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He and his artist wife, Helen Sawyer, were also wonderful teachers and
Why would you collect and hang a portrait of someone in your home that you do not know? Consider this—most of the most valuable, appreciated, and well-known works of art in the world are portraits of people that know one personally knows: Mona Lisa, Whistler’s Mother, Girl with the Pearl Earring, American Gothic, etc. That
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