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Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949)

Alson Skinner Clark was born in Chicago, Il on May 25, 1876. At age forurteen Clark enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, continued in Newy York under William M. Chase and the Art Students League, then on to Paris. In 1899 he studied at Academi Julian, the Whistler School and with Simon, Cottet, Merson and Mucha. He returned to the United States in 1901 and established a studio in Watertown, New York. Clark then went back to Chicago where in 1903 a successful exhibition allowed for several yeas of European and Canadian travels. Durning the war, he was an aerial photographer. He settled in California in 1919 and along with Guy Rose formed the teaching faculty of Pasadena’s Stickney Art School. Alson Clark is one of the most renowned Impressionsts of Southern California. Alson Clark was a member of many prominent art associations including American Artists Association of Paris, Chicago Society of Artists and Salmagundi Club. He also received numersous prestigious awards including a Bronze medal St. Louis Exposition, 1904, Cahn prize, Art Institute of Chicago, 1906, Gold medal Panama Pacific International Exhibition, 1915, Grand prize, Southwest Museum, 1923, Huntington prize 1924 and more. Clarks work is represented in museums including Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Art Institute Chicago, Los Angeles Count Museum San Diego Museum of Art, Fleischer Museum, Irvine museum and more.