Clyde Singer:
An American Artist
Sunday, Aug. 31 at 10:30 p.m.
Repeats Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. and Saturday,
Sept. 13 at 2 p.m.
In celebration of the centennial birth year
of Ohio painter Clyde Singer, Western Reserve Public Media presents Clyde
Singer: An American Artist.
The new production coincides
with collaborative shows at the Canton Museum of Art and
The Butler Institute of American
Art in Youngstown. In addition, Kent State University Press
has recently published a definitive work on the life and
art of Singer, Clyde Singer’s America, by M.J. Albacete.
The
documentary will view the works with museum directors
Dr. Louis A. Zona in Youngstown and M. J. Albacete in Canton
and with the curator of the exhibits, Lynnda Arrasmith
of the CMA. These three experts will provide insight
into
the
paintings and the man behind them. The program also features
interviews with community members who knew Singer as
the Youngstown Vindicator art columnist and as a friendly
face
around town for more than six decades.
Born in 1908 in
Malvern, Ohio, Clyde Singer studied painting in New York
and settled in the Youngstown area in 1940.
His painting
style is associated with the American Scene, or American
Regionalism, movement of the 1920s through
the 1950s. The artist, who studied under the tutelage
of Thomas
Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry, captured the
essence of the American pageant throughout his career.
Since
his death in 1999, the value of his work has been steadily
increasing.
Funding for Clyde Singer: An American
Artist has been provided by the Mahoning County Convention
and Visitors’ Bureau, the Canton/Stark County Visitors’ and
Convention Bureau, Kent State University Press and The William
L. Luntz Family Philanthropic Fund.
Clyde
Singer: An American Artist Press
Release (PDF
file)
Clyde
Singer: An American Artist Community
Events (PDF file)
Web sites
Canton Museum of Art: http://www.cantonart.org/
The Butler Institute of American Art: http://www.butlerart.com/
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