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1875 Iredell, Texas - 1976 Dallas, Texas. Known for: Naive views and rural western genre painting.
Primitive artist Clara McDonald Williamson, born November 20, 1875, in Iredell, Texas, lived to be one hundred years of age, dying in Dallas, Texas, February 17, 1976. It was a good thing she was so... Read full biography
Primitive artist Clara McDonald Williamson, born November 20, 1875, in Iredell, Texas, lived to be one hundred years of age, dying in Dallas, Texas, February 17, 1976. It was a good thing she was so long-lived, because it wasn't until 1943 that she took up painting at the age of sixty-eight. Until... Read full biography
Primitive artist Clara McDonald Williamson, born November 20, 1875, in Iredell, Texas, lived to be one hundred years of age, dying in Dallas, Texas, February 17, 1976. It was a good thing she was so long-lived, because it wasn't until 1943 that she took up painting at the age of sixty-eight. Until that time, she appears to have been a household drudge, spending her life with chores both before and after her marriage in 1903, when her work included child-rearing. It was only after her husband... Read full biography
Primitive artist Clara McDonald Williamson, born November 20, 1875, in Iredell, Texas, lived to be one hundred years of age, dying in Dallas, Texas, February 17, 1976. It was a good thing she was so long-lived, because it wasn't until 1943 that she took up painting at the age of sixty-eight. Until that time, she appears to have been a household drudge, spending her life with chores both before and after her marriage in 1903, when her work included child-rearing. It was only after her husband died, that she was able to study art. But her problems hadn't ended. She was discouraged from studying art by the faculty at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, so she audited a class there while taking night classes at the Dallas Museum of Fine... Read full biography
Primitive artist Clara McDonald Williamson, born November 20, 1875, in Iredell, Texas, lived to be one hundred years of age, dying in Dallas, Texas, February 17, 1976. It was a good thing she was so long-lived, because it wasn't until 1943 that she took up painting at the age of sixty-eight. Until that time, she appears to have been a household drudge, spending her life with chores both before and after her marriage in 1903, when her work included child-rearing. It was only after her husband died, that she was able to study art. But her problems hadn't ended. She was discouraged from studying art by the faculty at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, so she audited a class there while taking night classes at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Though her attendance was sporadic, by 1945 she won prizes in local competitions while still a student. In quite a coup, she exhibited a pain... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (26)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesDictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
1999Grauer, Paula and Michael R.240 pages (color)An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick405 pagesSpirited Journey: Self Taught Artists of the Twentieth Century
1997Adele, Lynne0 pages (color)Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945
1995
(Exhibition catalog)Trenton, Patricia (Editor); Sandra E'Emilio, Erika Doss (et all)304 pages (color)Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985Dawdy, Doris1,184 pagesDictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie851 pagesThe Folk Art Tradition: Naive Painting in Europe and the United States
1981Kallir, Jane0 pages (color)Texas Folk Art: One Hundred Years of the Southwestern Tradition
1981Steinfeldt, Cecilia0 pages (color)Folk Painters of America
1979Bishop, Robert255 pages (color)Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977Barr, Alfred H655 pagesOur Land, Our Sky, Our Water An Exhibition of American & Canadian Art
1974
(Exhibition catalog)Frankenstein, Alfred63 pages (color)Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists
1974Hemphill, Herbert W., Jr. and Julia Weissman0 pages (color)The Artist's America American Heritage History of
1973Davidson, Marshall416 pages (color)Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Catalogue of the Collection 1972
1972Amon Carter Museum600 pagesCatalogue of The Roland P Murdock Collection Wichita Art Museum
1972Tomko, George237 pages (color)Texas Painting and Sculpture: 20th Century
1971
(Exhibition catalog)Bywaters, Jerry (Introduction)96 pagesAmerican Folk Painting
1966Black, Mary/Jean Lipman244 pages (color)Aunt Clara The Paintings of Clara McDonald Williamson
1966
(Exhibition catalog)Vogel, Donald and Margaret119 pages (color)Modern Art in the United States Selection from MOMA New York
1956
(Exhibition catalog)Tate Gallery72 pagesEl Arte Moderno en Los Estados Unidos (Barcelona exhibition)
1955
(Exhibition catalog)Museum of Modern Art80 pagesAmerican Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
1950
(Exhibition catalog)Metropolitan Museum of Art60 pagesPictorial Folk Art New England to California
1949Ford, Alice172 pages (color)