Artist
Rev. McKendree Robbins Long, Sr.
born Statesville, NC 1888-died Statesville, NC 1976
- Also known as
- Mac
- McKendree Robbins Long
- Rev. M. R. Long, Sr.
- McKendree R. Long
- Rev. McKendree Robbins Long
- Born
- Statesville, North Carolina, United States
- Died
- Statesville, North Carolina, United States
- Nationalities
- American
- Biography
Reverend McKendree Robbins Long studied at the Art Students League in New York and won a scholarship to Europe. He traveled around Holland, Spain, and England, then returned to the United States to work as a portrait painter. In 1922 he gave up painting to become a minister and spent thirty years traveling around the country, preaching at prayer meetings and revivals. After he retired, he created large, detailed paintings inspired by scripture, including many stories of the Apocalypse.