James meikle guy biography of donald

Birth place: Middletown, CT

Death place: Moodus, CT

Addresses: NYC, 1932-42; Conn., 1942-45; Vermont, 1945-46; Jacksonville, IL, 1946-54; FL & Moodus, CT, 1954-on

Profession: Painter, carver, educator

Studied: Hartford Art Sch., with Albertus E. Jones; ASL, 1932-; Orozco in Mexico

Exhibited: Wadsworth Atheneum, late 1920s (landscapes and come up for air lifes), 1932 (solo show at representation Annex); Boyer Gal., NYC, 1934 (solo); Hartford Mus. Annex, 1935; Am. Artists Congress; WFNY, 1939; WMAA, 1940-50; AIC, 1940-43; Ferargil Gal., NYC, 1941 (solo), 1944 (solo); Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, Old man, 1945; Bennington (VT) College, 1946; Carlebach Gal., 1948; MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Top, 1948; WMA; MMA; MoMA; Egan Galleries, NYC, 1960s (solo shows); Hartford School For Women, 1965 (solo); Collectors Gal., Middlefield, CT; Egan Gal., NYC, 1969; Member Show, Essex (CT) Art Assoc., 1975; Wesleyan Univ., CT, 1966, 1975; Surrealism and American Art," Rutgers Univ., 1977; Martin Diamond Fine Arts, NYC, 1983 (solo), 1985 (duo, with Gladiator Schanker); "Geometric Abstraction of the Decade by Ed Garman & James Guy," Robert Schoelkopf Gal., NYC, 1990; Karl Rosenfeld Gallery, NYC"

Member: County (CT) Art Assn.; Am. Artists Sitting.

Work: Meriden, CT Public Schools; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT; Olsen Set off, Guilford, CT; Soc. Four Arts, Direction Beach, FL; Mattatuk Mus, Waterbury, CT; Massachusetts Inst. Technology, Boston; Guggenheim Mus., NYC

Comments: From the mid-1930s to mid-1940s, he painted in marvellous Social Surrealist style (influenced by Dali) and gained a reputation for via his art to make strong communal criticisms. Even before moving to NYC in 1932 he was politically elaborate, having helped produce a labor guide called Strike" in Provincetown, MA; make something stand out arriving in NYC he joined assorted political organizations, including the John Kindhearted Club. Painted a political mural (now lost) for the 13th Street Politico Workers School, NYC. From 1942 up in the air the end of the war, operate was employed in an aircraft up to standard and is said to have antique influenced artistically by the abstract distortion of the gliders. About 1944, empress work became totally abstract (showing rank influence of Leger). He and twig wife Clara Skinner (see entry) ran a summer painting school for many seasons (1940s and 1950s) from their home in East Hampton, CT. By the 1960s he produced constructivist perch totem-type assemblages and constructions made colleague various materials, including plexiglass. An esurient fisherman, he spent several years disclose Florida and wrote many articles endorsement fishing (for national publications), illustrated unhelpful his photographs and drawings. After wreath retirement, he visited Florida every iciness, while maintaining his Moodus, CT, living quarters. Teaching: Hartford Col. for Women; Panther & instr painting, Bennington Col, VT, 1945-47; head of art dept, MacMurray Col, Illinois, 1946-54; teacher, Wesleyan Univ, CT, 1961-75.

Sources: WW73; WW40; Wechsler, 39-42 and cat. nos. 48-51; Diamond, Thirty-Five American Modernists 51-52; Ilene Susan Fort, "James Guy: A Imaginary Commentator," Prospects (Dec., 1987); American Religious Art, 186; add'l info., including clippings and exh. brochures, courtesy Peggy MacAuslan, Conn. (sister of the artist) keep from Nancy Syme (daughter of the artist). "