mural painter and educator; McCloy was raised in China and educated at Phillips Andover and the Yale School of Art. He held teaching positions at Drake University and the University of Wisconsin, where he assisted John Steuart Curry in murals and painted the Wisconsin Centennial Mural in the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. After serving in World War Two, McCloy went on to direct the School of Art at the University of Manitoba. View more information elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org

The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the William Ashby McCloy Drawings for details.

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[Source: Wisconsin Magazine of History 32/1: 7; Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution]