The world of Western Art has lost a great talent and leader. Internationally known
  artist, Frank C. McCarthy passed away from lung cancer, Sunday, November 17,
  2002 at his home of 30 years in the beautiful red rocks of Sedona, Arizona.

  Frank McCarthy was born in New York City in 1924. He 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.

  Frank McCarthy began his art career as a commercial illustrator. He painted
  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 free lance illustrator for many
  years. His art career spanned over 50 years, beginning with a request for a
  western cover for a magazine by an art director. 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 organizaton 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.

  Survivors include: children by his late wife Mary Farendorf- daughter Mary Jean
  McCarthy Tyll of Dallas, Texas and son Kevin C. McCarthy of Durango, Colorado;
  six grandchildren; brother Henry and sister Gertude Shevlin both of Florida; and
  wife Cynthia Bennett of Sedona, Arizona. Cremation has taken place and private
  services were held. Memorial donations may be made to the Frank and Cynthia
  McCarthy Scholarship fund at Little Big Horn College, P.O. Box 370, Crow Agency,
  Mt. 59022.