/internal/media/dispatcher/73403/fullLloyd and Renée Radell Oral History11/11/2010Duration: 31 MinutesBorn digital (.mp3 file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2010.001.01310Audio oral history interview with Lloyd and Renée Radell. The Radells were Kennedy supporters during the 1960 presidential election. After the Kennedy assassination in 1963, Renée Radell, a Post-War and Contemporary American painter, sent Jackie Kennedy a painting entitled "and death shall have no dominion," which is now in a private collection.
Interview conducted by telephone on November 11, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-one minutes long.Oral Histories7279032415Oral historyAudio oral history interview with Lloyd and Renée Radell. The Radells were Kennedy supporters during the 1960 presidential election. After the Kennedy assassination in 1963, Renée Radell, a Post-War and Contemporary American painter, sent Jackie Kennedy a painting entitled "and death shall have no dominion," which is now in a private collection.
Interview conducted by telephone on November 11, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-one minutes long.Oral histories1960 presidential electionArtworkKennedy supporterKennedy campaignRadell, LloydRadell, ReneeKennedy, JacquelineRadell, KevinNew YorkDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Artists (OHC)Popular Culture (OHC)Lloyd Radell passed away on May 10, 2020. Renée Radell passed away on January 21, 2023. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorI met Lloyd and Renée Radell through their son, Kevin Radell, who - as an eight-year-old in 1964 - wrote a letter to Jackie Kennedy that was later selected for publication in Dr. Ellen Fitzpatrick's book, Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation (2010). After the publication of that book, I reached out to Kevin and recorded an oral history with him on September 20, 2010. At that time, he recommended that I also speak with his parents. I was fortunate to then record this interview with Lloyd and Renée Radell less than two months later. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Renée Radell (1929-2023) was an American Figurative Expressionist painter who exhibited her first one-person show in Detroit in 1953. Her award-winning art has been exhibited in numerous galleries in New York City and sold at auction at Christie's and Sotheby's. A 1974 article about her work in Detroit's Sunday News Magazine was published online in 2007 by the Russell Kirk Center in Mecosta, Michigan. It may be read here: Renee Radell—She Paints Confusion in Search of Order | The Russell Kirk Center. - Stephen Fagin, Curator