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Leila McConnell

Leila McConnell (Born 1927) is active/lives in Texas, California.  Leila McConnell is known for Modernist skyscape, still life, figure and portrait painting, collage.

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Artist statement:
"I was born in Los Angeles, California, moved to Houston at age six, and went to the public schools and then to Rice at age sixteen.

At Rice, in the Architecture Department (there was no art department at that time) James Chillman had the greatest influence on me as to my sense of design, proportion, and the ability to see. I had freehand drawing, design, watercolor and art and architectural history from him.

As a fifth year student I started taking classes at the Museum of Fine Arts, and continued there after finishing at Rice.  Having had a very strong academic training, which I wouldn't take anything for, my earliest paintings and drawings (oils and pastels) were very realistic.  They were mostly still-lifes, figure studies and portraits.

In 1949 I went to The California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco for the summer term.  One of the guest teachers was Mark Rothko whom I had a class from.  This was the beginning o   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9710 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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