Russell Conn, Kennedy Front Gate, North Ocean Boulevard, 1961.
Russell Conn lived in West Palm Beach and Boomtown, New Jersey. A member of the Salmagundi Club in New York City, Conn served as president of the Palm Beach Art League, and in 1956 was treasurer of the Florida Federation of Art. He painted Florida scenes from the 1940’s into the 1960’s. In 1957 Conn served as a judge of the annual member exhibit of the Art Club of St. Petersburg. He had over twenty-five one man exhibits.
Education: Norton Gallery and School of Art; Elliot O’Hara; Adolph Dehn; William Thon; Dong Kingman.
Membership: Salmagundi Club, New York City; Florida Federation of Art (treasurer, 1956); Palm Beach Art League (president, 1957); Society of The Four Arts; Florida Artist Group.
Exhibits: Society of The Four Arts, 13th Annual Members Exhibit, December 1950-January 1951, watercolor; Society of The Four Arts, 14th Annual Members Exhibit, December 1951-January 1952, 3rd prize, watercolor, abstraction, Bells; Ridge Art Gallery, Winter Haven, February 1952; St. Augustine Art Association, March 1954, Milton Bacon Award, best watercolor, Night over the Chateua; Florida Artist Group, 6th Annual Circuit, Palm Beach Art League, April 1955, Numbers Racket; Society of The Four Arts, Contemporary American Painting Exhibition, December 1955, watercolor, Defense d’ Afficher; University of Miami, The Lowe Gallery, Patronato De Bellas Artes Y Museos Nacionales, Palm Beach, Miami, Havana, December, 1955, January-February 1956, Defense d’ Afficher; Society of The Four Arts, Contemporary American Paintings, December 1957, watercolor and ink, New Growth; Allied Artists of America, New York City; Trenton State Museum; National Art Museum, Havana; Daytona Beach Art League, annual, January 1957, judge; Daytona Beach Art League, January 1957, one man show, watercolors; Florida State Fair, Tampa, 1958, prize, Life’s Mystery; Palm Beach Art League, 1958; Society of The Four Arts, 20th Annual, Contemporary American Paintings, December 1958, mixed media, October Hike; Society of The Four Arts, 22nd Annual, Contemporary American Paintings, December 1960, watercolor and polymer, To Grandmother’s House; Strait Museum, Lake Worth; Norton Gallery of Art, Palm Beach.
