1978). He painted in oil, watercolor, acrylic, etchings, pastel, charcoal and pencil. In his 1980 painting Boogie Woogie, a "cheerful pastiche of color suggests a deluge of bright streamers and confetti drifting down from a pale winter sky at New Year's. The mood is upbeat and celebratory." As part of the sensory process involved in creating his art, Chidlaw used a music motif as a form. Pigments vibrated in dulcet violin tones, or reverberated as percussion, and the notes of color blended in an exultant symphony of emotion. Chidlaw felt that his use of color was one of his greatest strengths, and he gave close consideration to how colors "sounded" and mingled optically on the canvas. His colorful abstract paintings often suggested landscapes. He also was known for his calligraphy-like gesture drawings. He mentored numerous aspiring artists at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. In 1985, the Miami University Art Museum held a major retrospective of his work entitled, Paul Chidlaw: Paintings and Graphics. In 1986, the Art Academy of Cincinnati named the Chidlaw Gallery after him because they considered him to be one of the finest artists (and certainly the earliest abstract expressionist) in the 20th Century in the Cincinnati area. Notable students Jim Dine, American pop artist took classes with Chidlaw in 1953. Tom Wesselmann, American artist associated with the Pop Art movement Family Childlaw married Madge Smith, a librarian at the Cincinnati Art Museum, in 1952. He died of heart failure on April 25, 1989 at his Hyde Park home at the age of 89. He is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. References External links Paul Chidlaw on artnet Paul Chidlaw on Pinterest Paul Chidlaw on MaryRanGallery.com Artists from Cincinnati 20th-century American painters American male painters Painters from Ohio 1900 births 1989 deaths American abstract artists American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts People from Cleves, Ohio 20th-century American male artists