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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.
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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.
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The Story of Chung Ling Soo, Asian Imposter
Chung Ling Soo was not many things. He was not a faithful husband: Chung lived with his mistress and only saw his wife, who was also his assistant, during his shows. He was not a good person to lend money to, for although Chung was a vaudeville sensation, he was always in debt. He was not an entertainer with a sparkling smile. He destroyed his teeth [...] Click here to continue reading.
Ex Collection of Charles Chi-Jung Chu (1918-2008)
Featuring the personal collections of paintings, calligraphy, books, and small collectibles of Charles J. Chu (1918-2008), much loved and admired professor, painter, calligrapher, curator, collector, scholar, and educator. Lots 766-887.
Born in a small farming village in Hebei Province, China, Chu went to study at the National Central University in China. In 1945, he came to the United States to pursue graduate studies at the University of [...] Click here to continue reading.
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.
Gaston Chaissac (French, 1910 to 1964)
Chaissac’s brightly-colored primitive compositions run the line between the French academic painting tradition and what is termed ‘Outsider’ art. His paintings are closely related to the work Jean Dubuffet and are often categorized as part of Dubuffet’s ‘Art Brut.’ Chaissac, however, came to reject this categorization and the theoretical implications of the Art Brut movement; while Dubuffet strove to create ‘raw’ art, Chaissac’s eloquent figural images conveyed a [...] Click here to continue reading.
Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985)
Marc Chagall was a man of keen intelligence, a shrewd observer of the contemporary scene, with a great sympathy for human suffering. He was born on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia; his original name was Moishe Shagal (Segal), but when he became a foremost member of the Ecole de Paris, he adopted French citizenship and the French spelling of his name. Vitebsk was a good-sized Russian town of [...] Click here to continue reading.
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