Guy Maccoy

Guy Crittington Maccoy (October 7, 1904 Valaposa, Valley Falls, Kansas - March 18, 1981 Los Angeles) was an American painter, printmaker, and teacher. Guy Crittington McKay was born in 1904 to Clifford McKay and Clara Angeline Young who was the granddaughter of Brigham Young. Clifford McKay later changes the family name to McCoy. Later on Guy changes name to Maccoy.

In 1924 Upon leaving high school Guy attends day and night courses at the Kansas City Art Institute. During this time Guy meets Geno Pettit whom later becomes his wife. Guy is taught by and meets fellow artists Thomas Hart Benton, Randall Davey, Monty Lewis, Vaclav Vytlacil, Alexander Kostellow, Anthony Angarola, Ernest Lawson, Boardman Robinson to name a few. Many become lifelong friends and colleagues. During the summers Guy travels to Colorado Springs to attend the Broadmoor Art Academy.

In 1929 Guy wins a Tiffany Art Foundation scholarship in New York and both he and Geno and recent Guggenheim Fellowship winner Anthony Angarola head to "The City".

In 1930 Guy wins Art Students League scholarship and begins work within the league. Studies alongside Jackson Pollock, Rico Lebrun, Boardman Robinson, Thomas Hart Benton, Jan Matulka, Vaclav Vytlacil, and Arthur Young. During summer months Guy travels back to Colorado Springs to teach at Broadmoor with Monty Lewis. Many artist are asking if only there was a means to reproduce their original works faithfully to offer additional revenue options from painting singular originals.

In 1933 Guy leaves the Art Student League to begin work within the Work Project Administration (WPA) under Dr. Herbert H. Spenden and directed by Ben Knotts. Guy is credited with murals in Central American Arts and Girls Industrial High School (see photo). The following year Mayor La Guardia institutes a large poster project which Guy is deeply involved. Guy has been developing ideas for a printing process utilizing a silk screen and experimenting with various components and mediums to produce the desired results.

In 1938 Guy has the first one-man show of the newly named process he is credited for developing "Serigraphs" at the Contemporary Art Gallery. On exhibit are "Woman Holding Cat" and "Still Life".

In 1940 Guy graduates from Columbia University with his Bachelor of Arts in teaching. Guy and Geno move to Vermont where Guy has taken work with the Poligraphic Lithographic Company as a color separator and dot-etcher on the zinc lithographic plates. During this time Guy continues to refine the serigraphic process.

In 1941 Guy is involved with "The Workshop" which becomes the National Serigraph Society. Guy and Geno are directly involved up to 1947.

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