Lot 291: MID CENTURY BARCLAY SHEAKS PRINT

Vintage Mid Century Hand tinted Barclay SheakS Print. Professionally framed and double matted. In frame measures 26"x32 1/2"x1". Weight Barclay Sheaks (1928-2010) was born in West Bend, Indiana in 1928 and grew up in the Shenandoah Valley. Sheaks completed his undergraduate work at Richmond Professional Institute, earned a Master of Fine Arts from the College of William and Mary, and a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Christopher Newport University. Sheaks began his teaching career in 1948 at Warwick High School in Newport News, Virginia. In 1967 he left Warwick High School to found the art program at Virginia Wesleyan University. He taught on the VWC faculty for 36 years, retiring as Associate Professor and Distinguished Artist in Residence in 2006. Over the course of his career, Sheaks also served as artist-in-residence for both the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Richmond Humanities Center. His work has appeared in distinguished museum, university, corporate and private art collections worldwide including the Butler Institute of American Art, Columbia Museum, and the Chrysler Museum of Art. Sheaks’ works were prominently featured in exhibitions sponsored by the American Watercolor Society, the National Academy of Design, the Corcoran Gallery, the Smithsonian Institution, and others.

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