A half-length portrait of a man in a suit in front of a baseball field composed of hundreds of …

The Baseball Player in Cracker Park

Artist Larry Connatser (American, 1938 - 1996)

Date1991

MediumAcrylic on Masonite adhered to a wooden board

DimensionsBoard: 35 15/16 × 28 × 11/16 inches (91.3 × 71.1 × 1.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of John D. Feltman.

Object number2005.29.2

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Copyright© Estate of Larry Connatser. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextBorn in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Atlanta, Larry Connatser was drawn to art and music at a young age. After graduating from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Literature, Connatser worked for a time in Chicago in the 1960s. Chicago was home to the inventive figurative painters of the “Monster Roster” and “Hairy Who,” artist groups. Although Connatser had no formal ties to these artists, his highly saturated colors and flat, distorted, and cartoony figures call to mind the work of the “Hairy Who” painters. Connatser returned to the south in 1971, living Savannah and later Atlanta where he had frequent showings of his paintings. In his mature style, Connatser layered dots of pure color over flat areas of paint to create richly textured images.

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