The Charlotte Moser biography, Clyde Connell: The Art and Life of a Louisiana Woman (paperback) is a bargain at Amazon.com and a terrific and essential book.
Another of the great books on Clyde is the exhibition catalog called Clyde Connell, Daughter of the Bayou, edited by Meadows Museum director Diane DuFilho. It is rich in photos and enticing in design. Daughter of the Bayou features an article by Lucy Lippard called "At Home in Art," an interview by Michael Sartisky called "Abstracting the Essence," and an extensive "A Catalog of Works." There are 68 pages.
Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College, may have copies and / or may have references to people who trade in the copies of the paperback catalog, published in 2000.
Different Drummers is a Smithsonian softcover exhibition catalog available in the used art book market. In it Clyde is featured alongside 8 other outstanding American artists.
Different Drummers: large quarto, 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 155 pages. 77 illustrations of the works in the Hirschorn show, in both color and black & white. Short intro and catalog entries by Frank Gettings, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Hirschorn Museum. Thumbnail biographical sketches. Exhibition history and bibliography for each of the 9 artists featured. Softcover Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.: 1988.
The illustration above is a collection of paintings honoring Clyde by Talbot Hopkins Trudeau.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
Pat Sewell , Lake Bistineau , Shreveport
Pat Sewell, a nephew of Clyde Connell's, holds one of his current paintings (from fall, 2007 ). Pat is one of several of Clyde's relatives who will be exhibiting their work in the upcoming show "The Artistic Legacy of Clyde Connell " ,opening September 19 and running until October 25, 2008 , at ARTSPACE, Shreveport
Dixon Ent, Richmond : Color print of his original art
One of several works by Dixon Ent, grandson of Clyde Connell, to be shown at the upcoming show "The Artistic Legacy of Clyde Connell" , September 19 , 2008, at ARTSPACE , Shreveport
Thursday, March 6, 2008
David Sewell and an early painting by Clyde Connell
David Sewell is one of Clyde's great nephews. He lives in Jackson, Mississippi and works with his brother, Patrick Sewell Jr., M.D., of Jackson.
Clyde Connell, Jerry Wray in the 1960's
Clyde Connell and Jerry Wray were among the early modernists in Shreveport. Both drew considerable attention in the conservative city with their abstract pieces.
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