Biografie von Jay Hall CONNAWAY (1893-1970)

Birth place: Liberty, IN

Death place: Arizona

Addresses: Monhegan, ME; Pawlet, VT

Profession: Painter, teacher, lecturer

Studied: Indianapolis AI with John Herron, 1910-11; ASL with G. Bridgman and W.M. Chase, 1911-13; Académie Julian, Paris, with P.A. Laurens, 1919; …cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1921

Exhibited: John Herron AI, 1911, 1939, 1965; PAFA, 1924-43; NAD, 1924-46 (prize, 1926); Macbeth Gal., 1926-40 (solo shows); Hoosier Salon, 1926, 1947 (prizes); AIC, 1928-46; All. A. Am., 1926, 1945 (prize); Albright Art Gal., 1928; NAC, 1928 (prize); Grand Central A. Gal., 1928; Milch Gal., 1929, 1941, 1944, 1949; Corcoran Gal A, 1932-43; Currier Gal. A., 1934; Toledo Mus. A., 1937; Clearwater, Fla. A. Mus., 1939, 1940; Oberlin Col., 1939; Dayton AI, 1939; All. A. Am.; Vose Gal., Boston, 1940, 1948, 1986 (all solos); New Haven Paint & Clay, 1944 (prize); Boothbay Harbor, ME, 1947 (prize); Montclair A. Mus., 1946; Doll & Richards Gal., 1948-49, 1951, 1953-54, 1957, 1960; Ogunquit A. Center, 1949 (prize); Meriden A. & Crafts, 1950 (prize); Manchester, Vt., 1951-52; So. Vermont A., 1953-57, Cayuga Mus. A., 1955; Utica Pub. Lib., 1955; Westerly, RI, 1956; Kennedy Gal., NYC, 1957, 1962; Wiley Gal., Hartford, 1959; North Shore AA, 1959 (prize); So. Vermont A. Center, 1961, 1962 (prize); Galaxy Gal., Phoenix, 1963; Long Gal., Houston, 1963: Deeley Gal., Manchester, VT, 1963, 1964; Cracker Barrel Bazaar, Newbury, VT, 1964 (prize); AFA traveling exh., 1964-66; Marlboro Col., VT, 1965; Colby Col., 1965.

Member: NA; All. A. Am.; SC; NAC; Audubon A.; CAA; Meriden SA (CT); Portland SA (ME); Southern Vt. A. Center (Trustee, 1954-on)

Work: John Herron AI; Sweat Mus. A.; BMFA; Canajoharie A. Mus.; Springville (Utah) A. Gal.; Charleston AA; BMFA; New Haven Paint & Clay Cl.; Farnsworth Mus.; So. Vermont A.; Cal. PLH; White Mus., Cornell Univ.; Indiana Univ.; Colby Col. AM

Comments: Encouraged by Robert Macbeth (Macbeth Gal., NYC) and artists Paul Dougherty, Emil Carlsen, and Frederick Waugh, he spent 1922-25 painting at Head Harbor, ME. From 1929-31 he was painting in Brittany and Paris, sponsored by Macbeth and Milch. Returning in the midst of the Depression, he and his family settled at Monhegan Island, ME until 1947 when they moved to Dorset and then Pawlet, VT. A popular landscape painter with robust brushwork, he gave lectures and demonstrations around the country. He ran a summer school at Monhegan until 1947, and at Dorset, VT until 1966. He died at his winter home in Arizona.

Sources: WW66; WW47; Curtis, Curtis, and Lieberman, 34, 35, 50, 95, 141 (w/repros.)