Note 1) The following Clark
biographical materials are taken from the Askart.com website:
"Clark “became a landscape
painter in the late American Impressionist style. Moving to Albemarle, Virginia
in 1932, he was one of the few Impressionist artists of the Southern states.
Likely this was a result of his association with James Whistler and his
painting in 1900 at Gloucester, Massachusetts with John Twachtman, a family
friend. Showing his obvious interest in Impressionism, he wrote a book about
its exponents including Twachtman, Theodore Robinson, Childe Hassam, Julian
Weir, and Robert Vonnoh….[Clark] He was elected an associate member of the
National Academy of Design in 1917 and full academician in 1944. Clark was also
president of the National Academy from 1956-1959. He was a member/president of
the American Watercolor Society; president/member of Allied Artists of America,
1948-52; ex officio trustee, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1956; National Academy
of Design Awards Jury; Society of Painters of New York; Connecticut Association
of Fine Art; Salmagundi Club; International Society of Arts and Letters;
Macdonald Club; Art Fund Society; New York Watercolor Club and others. Clark
exhibited at the New York Watercolor Club; National Academy of Design; American
Art Association of Paris Annual Exhibition; Doll & Richards, Boston; Louis
Katz Gallery, NY; Guild of Allied Artists, NY; Milwaukee Art Institute; Henry
Reinhardt & Son, NY; Mohr Art Galleries; Butler Art Institute; Telfair
Academy, Georgia; Rochester Art Association, Rochester, MN; J. W. Young Galleries;
Atlanta Woman's Club; Fort Worth Museum of Art, Texas; Carnegie Public Library;
Providence Art Club; Witt Memorial Museum, Texas; Nan Sheets Gallery, Oklahoma;
Iran Institute and others. He taught at the Art Students' League; Savannah Art
club; University of Virginia; Grand Central Art Gallery School and others.”
See
Askart.com for a listing of 13 American museums, which hold Clark’s works.
Note
2) The following auction records regarding Clark sales warrant the conclusion
that the presale estimate of $1,000-$1,500 is reasonable and justifiable. The
highest auction price ever paid for a Clark painting was $39,000 on 12/3/2003.
Title/Subject:
The Hills of Home Signed. Oil on canvas. 13 in. x 16 in. sold
for $1,100 on 05/19/2012 at Harlowe-Powell auction Ltd., Charlottesville, VA
Title/Subject:
Coachella Valley, Palm Springs Signed and titled Oil on artist's board. 18 in.
x 23.75 in. sold for $3,750 on 01/28/2012 at Harlowe-Powell auction Ltd., Charlottesville, VA
Title/Subject:
Deep South Signed. Oil on canvas. 6.25 in. x 8.50 in. sold for $700 on 09/10/2011-09/11/2011
at Charlton Hall
Galleries, Inc., West Columbia, SC
Title/Subject:
Pueblo Near Santa Fe 1932 Signed.
Oil on artist's board. 17.38 in. x 19.38
in. sold for $1,600 on 07/16/2011-07/17/2011 at Brunk Auctions, Ashville, NC
Title/Subject:
Boats in Harbor Signed. Pastel on paper. 10.50 in. x 15 in.
sold for $1,673 on 01/29/2011 at
Dallas Fine Art auction, Dallas, TX
Title/Subject: Spring (Landscape 22) Signed. Oil on panel. 12 in. x 16 in. sold for $1,100 on 09/11/2010-09/12/2010
at Brunk Auctions,
Ashville, NC
Title/Subject: Savannah Solitude Signed.
Oil on artist's board. 14 in. x 12 in. sold for $3,231c on 02/07/2009-02/08/2009
at Neal auction Company, Newton, NC
Title/Subject: Savannah Street Scene
Signed. Watercolor on paper. 11.25 in. x 8.75 in. sold for $1,763 on 02/07/2009-02/08/2009
at Neal auction Company,
Newton, NC
Title/Subject: Landscape Signed. Oil
on canvas. 12 in. x 16 in. sold for $2,500 on 07/19/2008 at Harlowe-Powell auction Ltd.,
Charlottesville, VA
Title/Subject: Springtime Afternoon
Signed. Oil on canvas. 14 in. x 20 in. sold for $4,113 on 05/03/2008-05/04/2008
at Neal auction Company, Newton, NC
Title/Subject: Savannah Trees, No. 1 Signed. Oil on artist's board. 18 in. x 14 in. sold for $8,100 on at Neal
auction Company, Newton, NC
Title/Subject: Meadow with Haystacks, Giverny Signed. Oil on canvas. 9.63 in. x 13 in. sold for $1,200 on 04/17/2007
at Doyle, NYC