Thomas Shields Clarke
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Thomas Shields Clarke American
artist
, was born in Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania
.
He graduated from Princeton University
in 1882. He was a pupil of the Art Students League
, New York
, and of the École des Beaux-Arts
, Paris
, under J. L. Grime; later he entered the atelier of Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret
, and, becoming interested in sculpture
, worked for a while under Henri Chapu
.
As a sculptor, he received a medal of honor in Madrid
for his The Cider Press, and he made four caryatid
s of The Seasons for the Appellate Court House, New York. He designed an Alma Mater for Princeton University
, and a model is in their library. Among his paintings are his Night Market in Morocco (Philadelphia Art Club), for which he received a medal at the International Exposition in Berlin in 1891, and his A Fool's Fool, exhibited at the Salon in 1887.
Some of his work can be seen in San Francisco at the M. H. de Young Museum.
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artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, was born in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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.
He graduated from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1882. He was a pupil of the Art Students League
Art Students League of New York
The Art Students League of New York is an art school located on West 57th Street in New York City. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists, and has maintained for over 130 years a tradition of offering reasonably priced classes on a...
, New York
New York
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, and of the École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, under J. L. Grime; later he entered the atelier of Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret
Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret
right|thumb|Pascal Dagnan-Bouveretthumb|300px|[[Breton Women at a Pardon]], 1887. [[Museu Calouste Gulbenkian]]Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret , was one of the leading French artists of the academic school. He was born in Paris, the son of a tailor, and was raised by his grandfather after his...
, and, becoming interested in sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, worked for a while under Henri Chapu
Henri Chapu
Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu was a French sculptor in a modified Neoclassical tradition who was known for his use of allegory in his works.-Life and career:...
.
As a sculptor, he received a medal of honor in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
for his The Cider Press, and he made four caryatid
Caryatid
A caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town of Peloponnese...
s of The Seasons for the Appellate Court House, New York. He designed an Alma Mater for Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, and a model is in their library. Among his paintings are his Night Market in Morocco (Philadelphia Art Club), for which he received a medal at the International Exposition in Berlin in 1891, and his A Fool's Fool, exhibited at the Salon in 1887.
Some of his work can be seen in San Francisco at the M. H. de Young Museum.