Research Catalog

Title

An American impressionist : the art and life of Alson Skinner Clark / Deborah Epstein Solon ; introduction by William H. Gerdts.

Author

Solon, Deborah Epstein.

Publication

New York : Hudson Hills Press, c2005.

Supplementary Content

222094289960003941

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Additional Authors

• Clark, Alson Skinner.
• Pasadena Museum of California Art
• Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, S.C.)

Description

149 p. : col. ill.; 31 cm.

Summary

"Clark's life took an unexpected turn in 1919. He returned from World War I deaf in one ear and was counseled to live in a warm climate. In 1919, the Clarks visited Southern California, settling there permanently in 1920. Making his home in Pasadena, Clark traveled within the state, across the Southwest, and to Mexico. Immediately embraced by the Southern California art community, he was able to maintain a high profile locally and sustain his contacts nationwide with collectors, dealers, and museums. Although he was a cosmopolitan artist, teacher, and indefatigable traveler, Clark's life and work have thus far been obscured. Viewed as a "California artist" - an association that was significant but not exclusive - he was overlooked even as the popularity of American Impressionism amplified. With the recent surging interest in Impressionism in California - now being viewed as not only a local phenomenon but as part of the mainstream movement - Clark has emerged as one of its most notable practitioners. This book presents his work within an exploration of his time and his artistic and personal maturation, set against the backdrop of the years that bracket the centennial and World War II."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Clark, Alson Skinner, 1876-1949 > Exhibitions
• Impressionism (Art) > California > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• "Pasadena Museum of California Art."
• Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Pasadena Museum of California Art, at the Gibbes Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, May 27-Aug. 7, 2005, and in Pasadena from September 14, 2005 to January 8, 2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-141) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Wesley Jessup -- Acknowledgments / Deborah Epstein Solon -- Introduction / William H. Gerdts -- The art and life of Alson Skinner Clark / Deborah Epstein Solon -- Catalogue of the exhibition

ISBN

1555952445 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004014442

OCLC

• 55699417
• SCSB-10305031

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library