About Matt Clark

  • Biography

    The following is from Matt Clark, son of the artist:

    Matt Clark was born in Coshocton, Ohio, in 1903, eight years after his brother, Benton, who was also a well-known "Western" magazine illustrator. Both Clarks learned to draw horses at first hand, frequently visiting their father's livery stable. Matt's interest in art was further stimulated by his teacher, Laura Patterson, who conducted field trips around the the town, which had once been an Indian village and later an important anchorage in the Ohio-Erie Canal system.

    After high school, Clark attended the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design art school in New York, where he studied under Walter Hasell Hinton. He also attended the Art Institute of Chicago...

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