Artist Information:
Claude Clark
Oakland, CA
United States
Member Since: Apr 2001
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Artist Statement:
ARTIST'S STATEMENT MADE IN
1989
As a child in the churches,
the schools and the
com-munity, I dreamed of a
destiny. My search became a
single purpose for the dignity
of Black people instead of
attempting to solve the
concerns of all humanity.
Early on I was convinced that
a creative spirit must soar
beyond compartments of
religion and politics. It was
through the roots of African
Art that I learned of the
creative source of most
Western art. As I stood near
the Nile at Cairo and looked
toward the Mediterranean in
awe, I envisioned how the
Greeks, Persians, Romans,
etc., had sailed up the Nile,
taking away the fine arts,
sciences, history and other
disciplines. There were
records on paper, on stone, on
walls in the temples that
rivaled anything produced
later in the Renaissance....
Over the years, I have painted
representative and figurative
subiects. About thirty years
ago, I was introduced to
Non-Objective Expressionism. I
didn't attempt abstract art in
the 1930s, nor did I try
during my years at the Barnes
Foundation. Dr. Barnes not
only has the world's finest
collection of Modern Art, but
presents the theory in his
book, "...
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Artist Reviews:
BRENDA JOYSMITH GALLERY
Born in 1915, Claude Clark,
Sr. was an active Works
Progress Administration (WPA)
artist for three years. His
early works from the 1940s
reveal aspects of the good
life from an era overlapping
the Harlem Renaissance. His
dance scenes explore a fresh
and vibrant new world of ...
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Claude Clark's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Claude Clark's Portfolio. Browse Clark's body of work: ARTIST'S STATEMENT MADE IN 1989
As a child in the churches, the schools and the com-munity, I dreamed of a destiny. My search became a single purpose for the dignity of Black people instead of attempting to solve the concerns of all humanity. Early on I was convinced that a creative spirit must soar beyond compartments of religion and politics. It was through the roots of African Art that I learned of the creative source of most Western art. As I stood near the Nile at Cairo and looked toward the Mediterranean in awe, I envisioned how the ... |
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Rain, 1950
Other Printmaking,
20 x 18 inches
Price: US$ 800
€: 511
UK £: 396
¥en: 79460
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