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Eliot Candee Clark papers

Archives of American Art

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Object Details

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GUID
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Creator
Clark, Eliot Candee, 1883-
Names
Clark, Margaret W. Fowler
Clark, Walter, 1848-1917
Sparks, Leon
Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009
Place
India -- description and travel
Europe -- description and travel
United States -- description and travel
Morocco -- description and travel
Occupation
Painters -- Virginia
Topic
Painting, American -- Virginia
Provenance
The Eliot Candee Clark papers were donated by his widow Margaret Fowler Clark between 1980 and 1984.
Creator
Clark, Eliot Candee, 1883-
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Sponsor
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Summary
The papers of Virginia painter Eliot Candee Clark measure 6.14 linear feet and date from 1839 to 1984. The papers include biographical materials, correspondence, 21 diaries and notebooks, writings and notes, personal business records, photographs, 9 sketchbooks, and artwork and artifacts. Many of the materials relate to Clark's travels in Europe, India, and throughout the United States.
Biographical / Historical
Eliot Candee Clark (1883-1980) was a landscape painter, writer, and art historian who worked primarily in Virginia. Eliot Clark was born in 1883 in New York City to artist Walter Clark and Jennie Woodruff Clark. As a child with his father's encouragement and guidance, Eliot Clark began exhibiting as early as the age of nine. submitted works to be exhibited at various New York City clubs as a child. By 1896, at the age of thirteen, he began exhibiting regularly at the National Academy of Design. In 1900, at the age of seventeen, Clark exhibited at the Society of American Artists' Annaul. At one point he even shared a studio with his father. From 1904 to 1906, he traveled throughout Europe and painted en plein air. Clark returned to the New York City area and summered in Kent, Connecticut where he continued to paint and exhibit his work. His first one-man show was at Doll & Richards Gallery in New York City. Eliot Clark was also an art historian, critic, and educator. In 1916 Clark published his first monograph on Alexander H. Wyant. His other works included a book on John Henry Twachtman, published in 1924 and History of the National Academy of Design (1954). Clark also served as president of the American Watercolor Society between 1920 and 1923. He taught at the Art Students League in New York City but ultimately settled in Charlottesville, Virginia where he taught summer painting classes. Throughout his life, Clark travelled throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, India, and to Africa. A lengthy trip to India from 1937 to 1938 inspired his study of the religion, mysticism, and art of the country. Eliot Clark served as president of the National Academy of Design in the 1950s and exhibited until his death in 1980 at the age of ninety-seven. He was survived by his second wife, Margaret Fowler Clark.
Extent
6.14 Linear feet
Date
1839-1984
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.clarelio
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sketchbooks
Scrapbooks
Travel diaries
Diaries
Sketches
Photographs
Citation
Eliot Candee Clark papers, 1839-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as 9 series Series 1: Biographical Material, 1839-1980 (5 folders; Box 1, OV7) Series 2: Correspondence, 1874-1984 (1 linear foot; Box 1-2) Series 3: Diaries and Notebooks, circa 1900-1977 (0.8 linear feet; Box 2) Series 4: Writings and Notes, circa 1940-1978 (1.6 linear feet; Box 2-4) Series 5: Personal Business Records, 1917-1983 (0.2 linear feet: Box 4) Series 6: Printed Material, 1878-1975 (1.0 linear feet; Box 4-5) Series 7: Photographs, 1880s-1980 (0.5 linear feet; Box 5-6, OV7, MGP2) Series 8: Sketchbooks, 1916-1940s (0.5 linear feet; Box 6) Series 9: Artwork and Artifacts, circa 1900-circa 1940s (0.5 linear feet; Box 6, OV7)
Processing Information
The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund. The Archives of American Art has implemented accelerated processing tactics when possible in order to increase information about and access to more of our collections. Processing included arrangement to the series, subseries, and folder levels. Generally, items within folders were simply verified with folder titles, but not arranged further. The collection was rehoused in archival containers and folders, but not all staples and clips were removed.
Rights
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of this collection are available on 35 mm microfilm reel 2027 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Genre/Form
Sketchbooks
Scrapbooks
Travel diaries
Diaries
Sketches
Photographs
Scope and Contents
The papers of Virginia painter Eliot Candee Clark measure 6.14 linear feet and date from 1839 to 1984. The papers include biographical materials, correspondence, 21 diaries and notebooks, writings and notes, personal business records, photographs, 9 sketchbooks, and artwork and artifacts. Many of the materials relate to Clark's travels in Europe, India, and throughout the United States. Scattered biographical materials include awards, an address book, printed material relating to various memberships, and resumes. Records of the Fowler family are also found. Clark's correspondence is with family including Walter Clark, friends, colleagues, and galleries and institutions. Notable correspondents include Leon Sparks and Andrew Wyeth. Twenty-one volumes of diaries and notebooks are written by Clark and his wife, Margaret Fowler Clark. The diaries contain traditional dated diary entries; others document travels. The notebooks include drafts of writings, lists of artists, financial notes, sketches, and school assignments. Writings include drafts of articles, book manuscripts, plays, and essays by Clark. A small amount of personal business records consist of legal records, price lists, receipts for personal purchases, and sales and consignment records for Clark's works of art. Printed materials include books containing works of art by Clark, clippings, a dismantled clippings scrapbook, exhibition announcements and catalogs, magazines, and blank postcards. Photographs are of Clark, the Clark family, friends, colleagues, events, homes, and of works of art. Travel photographs are from Clark's trips to Europe, India, Morocco, and the United States. Nine sketchbooks depict Nova Scotia, Canada, Albemarle County, Virginia, and India. Artwork and artifacts consist of scattered sketches by Clark, and prints by others.
Restrictions
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
Separated Materials
The Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Libraries also holds Eliot Candee Clark papers.
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  • Photographs

  • Glass Plate Negatives

  • Lecture Notes

  • General

  • Family

  • Works of Art, by Others of Eliot Clark

  • Volume 11

  • Holiday Cards

  • on Art and Artists

  • Works of Art, by Walter Clark

  • Books, Reproductions of Works of Art

  • Pencil Sketches, by Eliot Clark

  • "Peace and Plenty: a Comedy in Three Acts"

  • General

  • Woodcut, by Rockwell Kent

  • Menus

  • Volume 9

  • General

  • Works of Art, by Eliot Clark

  • General

  • Volume 1

  • General

  • "Madame Jumel--the Magnificent Adventuress: a Senario"

  • Address Book


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