"The Neighbor Snow". Oil on canvasboard, signed lower left, dated '50, titled indistinctly in pencil on verso, framed, approx. 10" x 14" canvasboard size, with framing overall approx. 12-7/8" x 16-7/8".
Born in Malvern, Ohio, forty miles south of Akron, Clyde Singer became known for his regionalist paintings in oil and watercolor of people at carnivals, standing in bars, on windy street corners, celebrating holidays, or looking at pictures in a gallery. In 1933, he was awarded a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York. It was during the Depression, and he lived a Spartan existence. His teachers included John Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and John Sloan, and he painted many scenes of the interior of McSorley's famous saloon that Sloan had depicted. In 1940, he accepted a job from Joseph Butler III, director of the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, and a close friend. Singer continued his fine art painting, finishing over 3000 paintings during his career. He served in the Army in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Japan where he did a lot of sketching. After the war, he returned to employment with Butler, and they worked together until Butler's death in 1981. He maintained an office at the Butler for the rest of his career. Information from askart.com
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