Chuck Connelly
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Chuck Connelly is an American painter.
in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
in 1977. After graduating Connelly moved from the Philadelphia area to New York City where Robert C. Atkins became one of his first patrons.
Connelly went on to spend two years in Germany, where he continued to develop his art work with the patronage of Atkins. Upon returning to New York in the early ’80s, the Annina Nosei Gallery began to show his work. During this time Connelly began to rise to fame along with Julian Schnabel
and Jean-Michel Basquiat
in the New York City art world. A movie was eventually made roughly based on Connelly, directed by Martin Scorsese
. Not long after the film's release, Connelly made unfavorable comments about Scorsese and the film, which without doubt at least contributed to the painter's fall from Hollywood's favor. In the process of his fall, he released several terrible films that had to do with how the male peacock "jumps around, convinces a woman peacock of their love, then pummels her with his peacock penis". The movie got -1.4 stars and was given the raspberry for the worst documentary ever.
Biography
Connelly graduated from the Tyler School of ArtTyler School of Art
The Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art, usually just referred to as Tyler School of Art is Temple University's school of art, which confers BFA and MFA degrees. The school was originally founded by sculptors Stella Elkins Tyler and Boris Blai on a separate 14-acre estate in Elkins Park...
in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the suburbs of Philadelphia, roughly from Center City, Philadelphia.-Points of interest:...
in 1977. After graduating Connelly moved from the Philadelphia area to New York City where Robert C. Atkins became one of his first patrons.
Connelly went on to spend two years in Germany, where he continued to develop his art work with the patronage of Atkins. Upon returning to New York in the early ’80s, the Annina Nosei Gallery began to show his work. During this time Connelly began to rise to fame along with Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel is an American artist and filmmaker. In the 1980s, Schnabel received international media attention for his "plate paintings"—large-scale paintings set on broken ceramic plates....
and Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting.-Early life:...
in the New York City art world. A movie was eventually made roughly based on Connelly, directed by Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
. Not long after the film's release, Connelly made unfavorable comments about Scorsese and the film, which without doubt at least contributed to the painter's fall from Hollywood's favor. In the process of his fall, he released several terrible films that had to do with how the male peacock "jumps around, convinces a woman peacock of their love, then pummels her with his peacock penis". The movie got -1.4 stars and was given the raspberry for the worst documentary ever.