PRESS RELEASE

June 23, 2003

Contact Katie Sproles (541) 346-0942, ksproles@darkwing.uoregon.edu


NEW WEBSITE CELEBRATES ART AND LEGACY OF RENOWNED PAINTER DAVID MCCOSH

EUGENE-The University of Oregon Museum of Art (UOMA) has introduced a new website to celebrate the art and legacy of painter David McCosh at http://uoma.uoregon.edu/mccosh. Targeting scholars and art enthusiasts, the site provides a greater look at McCosh, who is recognized for his strong influence on the direction of painting in the Pacific Northwest, as well as for teaching several generations of students drawing, painting, and lithography.

McCosh (1903-1981) received national recognition throughout his painting career spanning over forty years. His one-man, juried and invitational exhibitions took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Seattle Art Museum, the Portland Art Museum, and the University of Oregon Museum of Art, among many other venues.

Additional information about the artist is available through UOMA, which is the single largest repository of art works and related archival materials on David McCosh. This collection contains almost two thousand paintings, watercolors, drawings, and sketches that are presently available for research.

For more information, please contact Katie Sproles, UOMA’s public relations/ marketing coordinator, at (541) 346-0942 or uoma@darkwing.uoregon.edu

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