Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 10:30 p.m.

In celebration of the centennial birth year of Ohio painter Clyde Singer, Western Reserve PBS 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 views 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 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.

Watch Clyde Singer: An American Artist online.

Funding for Clyde Singer: An American Artist has been provided by