“Apache Trackers” by Frank McCarthy

Limited Edition Signed Print:  111/1000

Published: Greenwich Workshop, 1988  SOLD OUT EDITION

Image Size:  11 7/8” x 9”

Selling Price:  $155.00

About the Artist:  Frank McCarthy  (1924 – 2002), born in New York City, studied at the Art Students League in New York City during the summers starting at the age of 14. He was a graduate of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.  He began his art career as a commercial illustrator, painting illustrations for most of the paperback book publishers, magazines, movie companies, and advertisements. He created works that became posters for such movies as the James Bond series. Frank McCarthy's talents were highly sought after by art directors enabling him to work as a freelance illustrator for many years. He left the world of commercial art in 1968, and began his fine art career after moving to Sedona, Arizona.

Frank McCarthy's dynamic paintings frequently featured the people of the west with a special emphasis on the Plains Indian, mountain men, and cavalry that made up the lore and lure of the old west. Appropriately entitled "The Dean of Western Action Painters", Frank McCarthy's art was unsurpassed for its motion, drama, and absolute attention to accuracy and detail. Highly collected, and frequently imitated, Frank McCarthy's works were treasured throughout the world as classic examples of contemporary Western Art. Retrospective showings of Frank McCarthy's paintings have been held at the Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas; the R.W. Norton Museum in Shreveport, La.; the Thomas Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, OK; and in 1992, at the Cowboy Artist of America Museum in Kerrville, Texas. Frank McCarthy was invited to join the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America organization in 1975 and was an active member in the CAA group for 23 years. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1997.

 Five books of his paintings have been published-1 hardbound, 3 softbound, and 1 leather limited edition book. Over 100 limited edition art prints of his paintings  have been published since 1974 by Greenwich Workshop, Shelton, CT.

About the Art: The Apaches were formidable trackers, hunters and warriors.  The mountain and desert terrain they inhabited demanded extraordinary skills just for survival.  Their success as raiders made them feared — and hunted — by everyone. The cavalry had a tough time with the Apaches.  They were fierce fighters and very devious at hiding their trails.  But eventually the Government got lucky.  Relations between the six Apache tribes weren’t always friendly, so the cavalry hired Apache warriors who had been sent to reservations to track the renegades.  It may have been the only way for the cavalry to win:  use an Apache to catch an Apache.