R.C. Magill

Roscoe C. Magill was born in Carversville in 1881. He enjoyed painting as a student at the George School in Newtown, but chose to pursue a career in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1906, he returned to Bucks County and opened his medical practice in New Hope, counting a number of local artists as his patients and friends. Inspired by the Pennsylvania Impressionist tradition, he studied painting with John Fulton Folinsbee, Edward Redfield, Kenneth Nunamaker, and Roy Nuse. His portrait of one of Nuse's daughters, Lucille, was exhibited in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition of 1930. Magill was a frequent exhibitor at the Phillips' Mill Community Art Association. In addition to painting, he enjoyed handcrafting fine jewelry. He died in New Hope in 1950.

Major Group Exhibitions
Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1930
50th Anniversary Retrospective Art Exhibition, Phillips' Mill, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1979
The Garber Mural and Selections from Regional Artists, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1995
Visual Heritage of Bucks County, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1996
Phillips' Mill Community Art Association, New Hope, Pennsylvania

Major Collections
Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Education and Training
Studied painting with Edward Redfield, John Folinsbee, Kenneth Nunamaker, and Ray Nurse in Bucks County
George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania
M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1906

Teachers and Influences
Magill was influenced by the people he studied with, including
Edward Redfield, John Folinsbee, Kenneth Nunamaker, and Roy Nuse.

Connection to Bucks County
R.C. Magill was born in Carversville in 1881. He enjoyed painting as a student at the George School in Newtown, but chose to pursue a career in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1906, he returned to Bucks County and opened his medical practice in New Hope, counting a number of local artists as his patients and friends. Inspired by the Pennsylvania Impressionist tradition, he studied painting with John Fulton Folinsbee, Edward Redfield, Kenneth Nunamaker, and Roy Nuse. His portrait of one of Nuse's daughters, Lucille, was exhibited in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition of 1930. Magill was a frequent exhibitor at the Phillips' Mill Community Art Association. In addition to painting, he enjoyed handcrafting fine jewelry. He died in New Hope in 1950.

Colleagues and Affiliations
Magill studied with Bucks County artists John Fulton Folinsbee, Edward Redfield, Kenneth Nunamaker, and Roy Nuse.