Larry Connatser

Larry Connatser (born 1938 in Birmingham - died 1996) was a visual artist.

Connatser was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and earned a degree in English literature at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee before becoming interested in painting. He worked in Chicago, Illinois for many years before returning to Georgia in 1971.

Connatser produced more than 2500 paintings and over 800 drawings during his artistic career. He was responsible for the large public murals adorning MARTA stations in Atlanta. His works are in the collections of the Savannah College of Art and Design, the Telfair Museum of Art, and Atlanta's High Museum of Art. Most of his works were donated by his estate to the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia.

References

• "Southern Eccentric: Paintings by Larry Connatser at the Morris Museum of Art" (April 24, 2009) Artdaily.org