Gouache and watercolor on paper, signed at lower right, matted and framed under UV glass.

Sight size 12 x 15 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 21 1/2 x 24 3/4 in.

From a Private Collection, Eastern North Carolina

Born in Lincolnton, North Carolina in 1904, James Augustus McLean left an indelible mark on the arts of his home state. After studying at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, McLean returned to North Carolina in the late 1920s. In 1929 he founded the Southern School of Creative Arts in Raleigh. He was instrumental in the founding of NCSU's School of Design and the offering of art classes at UNC-Chapel Hill.

McLean championed all arts - performance, sculpture, painting, and dance. He was one of the founders of Raleigh Little Theater and served as the theater's first president.

Good estate condition; not examined out of the frame.