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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. [...] 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. 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. Nat Choate (1899-1965) An important sculptor from the Boston area, Choate studied at Harvard, Academie Julian, and the Grand Chaumiere. He was a member of the National Society of Sculptors, Century Association, Architectural League, New York Ceramic Society. Choate exhibited at the Archiectural League (New York, 1939), and his work is in the collections of Harvard, Brookgreen Gardens (South Carolina), and the US Post Office (Pitman, New Jersey). Dimitri Chiparus (1888 to 1950) Dimitri Chiparus (Demeter H. Chiparus) was born in Romania in 1888 and then traveled to Paris before World War I to study and develop his art. He attended school in Italy and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, and he exhibited at the Salon in 1914. Chiparus was particularly adept in the technique of chryselephantine, the combination of bronze and ivory to produce dramatic, stylized sculpture. [...] Click here to continue reading. Grace T. Chino (1929-1994) Grace Chino was a well respected potter who believed that “each pot should ‘decide’ which design is most appropriate” (Schaaf 2002: 89). Her work can be seen at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, and at the Albuquerque Museum. Chino has also been published in American Indian Art Magazine (1999: 19) and Dillingham (1992: 206-208) and has taken many first place ribbons at Indian Market. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Chasse – Definition A French word, a metal box with a hinged gabled cover that may be champleve enameled, engraved, and ornately decorated with saints or religious figures. The term is usually applied to a shrine for a saint or reliquary. Charles Meigh Charles Meigh, active 1835 to 1851, made salt-glaze jugs and similar teapots at the Old Hall Pottery at Hanley in the Staffordshire region of England. Their high gothic design is consider to epitimize the Gothic Revival movement that began in England in the 1750′s and continued for more than a century into the 1870′s. Charles Fergus Binns is commonly referred to as “The Father of American Studio Ceramics” and many of his students referred to him as “Daddy” Binns. This title reflects not only his creation of unique, virtuous stoneware pots in the Arts & Crafts style, but also acknowledges his accomplishments of bringing vital information about ceramic clay bodies and glaze recipes to students and lay persons, thereby laying the foundation for the flourishing studio ceramics movement [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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