Background
He grew up in Marshall, Missouri.
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Robert Pearson
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From 1933 –1934 he studied at Washington University School of Fine Arts, and in 1936 at the Otis Art Institute.
Career
He is considered one of the "progenitors of Bay Area abstract expressionism". He worked the Federal Art Project (FAP) in San Francisco, and on murals for the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE). At GGIE, McChesney worked with a team of around 10 people, on a mural series designed and directed by artist, Herman Volz.
lieutenant consisted of two large mural on two sides of a large federal building called,The Conquest of the West, and on one side of the building it wasBy Landand the other wasBy Sea.
This particular mural was the world"s largest at the time. Other artists that worked on this multi-year mural project included artist helping includingJose Ramis,John Saccaro, John Thomas Hayes (Tom Hayes),Carlton Williams, Peter Lowe,Percy Freer,Alden ClarkandErnest Lenshaw.
He was a merchant marine seaman, during World World War World War II He taught at California State University, Hayward (1958–1962), the California Labor School as well as the California School of Fine Arts. They lived in the North Bay, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Settling down in the Sonoma Mountain area in Petaluma, California.
Robert Pearson McChesney died in 2008.
