![]() ![]() Botolph Street, McCloskey (1914 - 2003) sometimes passed through the Public Garden and fed the ducks. He painted watercolors in Provincetown.Īnd on his way to art classes on St. He assisted Francis Scott Bradford in painting murals of the Massachusetts State House, the Charles River, Louisburg Square and other Boston scenes at the Lever Brothers Building (now part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Cambridge. The Ohio native had aspirations to make it big as a fine artist. Robert McCloskey landed in Boston during the Great Depression, having won a scholarship in 1932 to study at Vesper George School of Art. (Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) This article is more than 6 years old. Mallard to cross over." By Robert McCloskey, 1941, graphite. Drawing for "Make Way for Ducklings": “He planted himself in the center of the road, raised one hand to stop traffic, and then beckoned with the other, the way policemen do, for Mrs. ![]()
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