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George Lafayette Clough (1824-1901) Born in Auburn, New York on the 18th of September 1824, George Clough was a noteworthy painter of landscapes, genre scenes and portraits. He opened his own studio in Auburn in 1844 and first exhibited at the National Academy in 1847. Three years later he went abroad for a year of study and travel. Upon his return to America, Clough was inspired by his native surroundings in Auburn to take [...] Click here to continue reading. George Henry Clements (American, 1854 to 1935) George Henry Clements was a talented California born portrait painter and watercolorist who grew up in Louisiana. Consequently both California and Louisiana claim the artist, who was known as “Henry,” as their own. Clements’ life had a mystique based on family tragedy. Born in Sacramento, he was only three or four when his doctor father was killed on a grizzly-bear hunt. Henry’s mother Louisa Toledano Clements moved [...] Click here to continue reading. Roland Clark (1874-1957) Roland was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1874. After graduating from the William Kellogg School in New York City, Clark pursued his formal art training studying drawing and painting at the Art Students League. His sporting paintings and etchings soon brought him international acclaim and in 1938 he was asked to create the Federal Duck Stamp design. In addition to his legendary artwork, Clark was an accomplished writer. His [...] Click here to continue reading. Georgiabelle Clark (1907-1976) Georgiabelle Clark was born in Indianapolis and studied at the Herron Art Institute. She painted in oils and watercolors depicting landscapes, interiors and figures. She exhibited at the Hoosier Salon and the Cincinnati Women’s Art Club. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Eliot Candee Clark (1883-1980) An American Impressionist encouraged by his artist father, Eliot Clark began working at a very early age – he presented his first work to the New York Water Color Club at age nine and to the National Academy of Design at thirteen. Clark traveled across Europe and to the Southern United States, where he exhibited at the Telfair Academy in Savannah, Georgia, and taught summer school classes in Charlottesville, Virginia. [...] Click here to continue reading. Richard Clague (American, 1821 to 1873) The son of a wealthy businessman and a French Creole mother, Richard Claque spent his childhood in both Paris and New Orleans. As a teenager, Richard was sent to Switzerland and then to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris to receive a formal education in the fine arts. At the Ecole, Clague was influenced by the emergence of the Barbizon artists and their interest in plein-aire rural landscapes. [...] Click here to continue reading. Gustave Cimiotti (1875-1969) Gustave Cimiotti has been called “The Grand Old Man of Romanticism.” He is known for his distinctive style incorporating clarity of light and regularized forms. He attended the Art Students League of New York (1895-1898). He was a member of the Salmagundi Club in New York City. His works have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, the Paris World’s Fair and the Armory Show in New York City. [...] Click here to continue reading. Marie Nathalie Loew Charbonnet (1845-1924) Mrs. Charbonnet was an amateur artist from Louisiana who studied with George David Coulon and gave her paintings to family and friends as gifts. James Wells Champney (1843-1903) Born in 1843, James Wells Champney studied art at the Lowell Institute in Boston until 1863, when he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War. At the end of the war, he traveled to Europe to further his art education at Academie d’Anvers and Antwerp Royal Academy. Champney became known for his landscape, genre and portrait paintings, demonstrating his versitilty. In 1873, he was hired by Scribner’s Monthly to [...] Click here to continue reading. Thomas Chambers (1808-1866) Born in England, Thomas Chambers became a painter known for landscape and marine scenes, especially of the Hudson River from Albany and from New York City, all in naive, primitive style with bold color, rhythmic shapes applied with brushwork that made his work seem vital and lively. Among the titles of his Hudson River paintings are STATEN ISLAND AND THE NARROWS (Brooklyn Museum) and VILLA ON THE HUDSON NEAR WEEHAWKEN [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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