Joseph Delaney painting General Douglas "MacArthur's Farewell"

Joseph Delaney MacArthur's Farewell (Pennsylvania Station, New York City) appears to be a sketch painting, signed l.r. canvas measures approximately: 43" W x 34" Hframe measures approximately: 44 1/8" W x 35 5/8" H Please note that shipping charges are inclusive of insurance, payment processing and carrier fees. On April 8, 1964, the funeral procession formed at the 7th Regiment Armory and marched two and a half miles to Pennsylvania Station. From The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funerals:"The US Military Academy cadets forming a line on the east side of Seventh Avenue opposite the station stood at attention as the procession approached. After the police and military escort passed in front of the cadet formation, the police continued to march until they were out of the ceremonial area and the marching cadet battalion moved to the far flank of the cadets in line. The escort commander and his staff and the US Military Academy Band turned out of the pro­cession as they reached the railroad station and took positions at the station's 31st Street entrance. When they had moved past the cadet battalions, the special honor guard, national color detail, and clergy also stopped at the station entrance. The caisson and body bearers, personal flag bearer, horse and attendant, and massed colors formation halted at the near flank of the cadet line and remained there while members of the family group descended from their cars in front of the station and took positions at the entrance. After all participants were in their places, the US Military Academy Band sounded ruffles and flourishes and played the "General's March." When the band began a hymn, the caisson and body bearers, personal flag bearer, and caparisoned horse with its attendant trooped the line of cadets, moving to the far flank of the formation and returning to the 31st Street entrance of the station. The body bearers then transferred General MacArthur's casket to a hearse at the entrance. The family group entered the station and walked through the concourse to the funeral train, which was below street level. The hearse, accompanied by the escort commander, special honor guard, body bearers, and personal flag bearer, moved via the 31st Street taxi ramp to an elevator that lowered the casket to the loading platform below. The body bearers then placed the casket in the funeral car, where they were joined by the personal flag bearer. The family group entered the car ahead. Scores of floral tributes were placed in the funeral car, whose side doors were left open so that the flag-draped casket could be seen from outside. The train left New York for Washington at 0935." About Joseph Delaney Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1904, the younger brother of Beauford Delaney, Joseph Delaney moved to New York City in 1930 where he enrolled at the Art Student’s League. During the Great Depression, he painted many portraits on commission and was employed by the WPA. Beginning in 1931, Delaney became a regular exhibitor at the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit where he offered portrait sketches executed during the event. His work shows a great love of New York City where he remained for 55 years capturing dynamic urban scenes and diverse figures depicted in a loose, exaggerated style. In 1985, Delaney returned to Knoxville, where he was named artist-in-residence at the University of Tennessee, until his death in 1991. His work can be found in the major collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Alain Locke Society, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J; Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and the Harlem State Office Building Art Collection, New York.