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Clara L Fairfield Perry BIOGRAPHY
1870 Brooklyn, New York - 1941 Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Landscape painting.
Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 1870, Clara was the secretary to Walter Scott Perry, whom she married. She studied art later in life, and was in California during the winter of 1917. While... Read full biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 1870, Clara was the secretary to Walter Scott Perry, whom she married. She studied art later in life, and was in California during the winter of 1917. While on the West Coast, she painted in Yosemite and at Mt. Rainier. Her husband Walter Scott Perry was... Read full biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 1870, Clara was the secretary to Walter Scott Perry, whom she married. She studied art later in life, and was in California during the winter of 1917. While on the West Coast, she painted in Yosemite and at Mt. Rainier. Her husband Walter Scott Perry was the first director of Fine and Applied Arts at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She died in Boston, Massachusetts on Sept. 28, 1941. Member: . Brooklyn Society of Artists; Marblehead (MA) AA. Exh: .... Read full biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 1870, Clara was the secretary to Walter Scott Perry, whom she married. She studied art later in life, and was in California during the winter of 1917. While on the West Coast, she painted in Yosemite and at Mt. Rainier. Her husband Walter Scott Perry was the first director of Fine and Applied Arts at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She died in Boston, Massachusetts on Sept. 28, 1941. Member: . Brooklyn Society of Artists; Marblehead (MA) AA. Exh: . Palace of FA (SF), 1918; Stanford Univ. Gallery, 1918. Sources:. 1 Ben; Fid; KOV; AAA 1903-33; American Magazine, July 1918; LA Times, 6-2-1918; WWAA 1936-41; Boston Globe and NY Times, 9-30-1941 (obits). Additional information courtesy of the artist's... Read full biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 1870, Clara was the secretary to Walter Scott Perry, whom she married. She studied art later in life, and was in California during the winter of 1917. While on the West Coast, she painted in Yosemite and at Mt. Rainier. Her husband Walter Scott Perry was the first director of Fine and Applied Arts at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She died in Boston, Massachusetts on Sept. 28, 1941. Member: . Brooklyn Society of Artists; Marblehead (MA) AA. Exh: . Palace of FA (SF), 1918; Stanford Univ. Gallery, 1918. Sources:. 1 Ben; Fid; KOV; AAA 1903-33; American Magazine, July 1918; LA Times, 6-2-1918; WWAA 1936-41; Boston Globe and NY Times, 9-30-1941 (obits). Additional information courtesy of the artist's grand-daughter Susan Perry Pike. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in
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Name variants
Clara L Faifield, Clara L Fairfield
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Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 1870, Clara was the secretary to Walter Scott Perry, whom she married. She studied art later in life, and was in California during the winter of 1917. While on the West Coast, she painted in Yosemite and at Mt. Rainier.
Her husband Walter Scott Perry was the first director of Fine and Applied Arts at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
She died in Boston, Massachusetts on Sept. 28, 1941.
Member:
Brooklyn Society of Artists; Marblehead (MA) AA.
Exh:
Palace of FA (SF), 1918; Stanford Univ. Gallery, 1918.
Sources:
1 Ben; Fid; KOV; AAA 1903-33; American Magazine, July 1918; LA Times, 6-2-1918; WWAA 1936-41; Boston
Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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