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JEAN MCLANE (American 1878-1964)
Portrait of a Lt. Colonel in the Medical Corps-circa 1918
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right Jean McLane
40 inches x 30 inches (unframed)
Important Notice: The absence of condition information in the description does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition, a condition report is available by request.
Estimate:
$250 - 500
€ 200 - 400
Jean McLane was born on September 14, 1878 in Chicago and died on January 23, 1964 in New Canaan, Connecticut. Her first studies were with John Vanderpoel at the Art Institute of Chicago. She later studied with Frank Duveneck in Cincinnati, Ohio. MacLane later moved to New York to study with William Merritt Chase. Chase was the first to purchase a painting of her early works.
McLane and her husband, artist John C. Johansen (1876-1964) helped found the National Foundation of Portrait Painters in 1912. In that same year, she was invited by a group of philanthropists to depict the Allied Leaders from World War I. McLane provided the only female subject, Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. This painting now hangs in the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. Also in 1912, she was elected associate member of the National Academy of Design and a full academician in 1926.
McLane became noted for her portraits of women and children. In 1931, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her portrait of actor William Gillette hangs at the Academy.