A painter of landscapes in Tonalist and Impressionist styles, Clark Voorhees was the first of the Connecticut Impressionists to discover Old Lyme. In the spring of 1896, he was riding his bicycle and... Read full biography
A painter of landscapes in Tonalist and Impressionist styles, Clark Voorhees was the first of the Connecticut Impressionists to discover Old Lyme. In the spring of 1896, he was riding his bicycle and as an artist discovered the area, which later became a famous artists' colony whose members... Read full biography
A painter of landscapes in Tonalist and Impressionist styles, Clark Voorhees was the first of the Connecticut Impressionists to discover Old Lyme. In the spring of 1896, he was riding his bicycle and as an artist discovered the area, which later became a famous artists' colony whose members gathered at the boarding house run by Florence Griswold. He spent that summer there, and by 1904, had married and moved permanently to Old Lyme. He also painted and exhibited in Bermuda. Voorhees was born in... Read full biography
A painter of landscapes in Tonalist and Impressionist styles, Clark Voorhees was the first of the Connecticut Impressionists to discover Old Lyme. In the spring of 1896, he was riding his bicycle and as an artist discovered the area, which later became a famous artists' colony whose members gathered at the boarding house run by Florence Griswold. He spent that summer there, and by 1904, had married and moved permanently to Old Lyme. He also painted and exhibited in Bermuda. Voorhees was born in New York City, and studied chemistry at Yale University and art at Columbia University. He then went to Paris where he enrolled at the Academie Julian and studied with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. Returning to the United States, he was... Read full biography
A painter of landscapes in Tonalist and Impressionist styles, Clark Voorhees was the first of the Connecticut Impressionists to discover Old Lyme. In the spring of 1896, he was riding his bicycle and as an artist discovered the area, which later became a famous artists' colony whose members gathered at the boarding house run by Florence Griswold. He spent that summer there, and by 1904, had married and moved permanently to Old Lyme. He also painted and exhibited in Bermuda. Voorhees was born in New York City, and studied chemistry at Yale University and art at Columbia University. He then went to Paris where he enrolled at the Academie Julian and studied with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. Returning to the United States, he was active in New York City, Boston, and as mentioned, Old Lyme, Connecticut. Exhibition venu... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (28)
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A Shared Aesthetic: Artists of Long Island's North Fork
2008
Fleming, Geoffrey K. and Sara Evans (Southold Historical Society)
250 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Union League Club of Chicago Art Collection
2003
Richter, Marianne; Wendy Greenhouse (Essays)
308 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America
1999
Jarzombek, NA, Marcia Vose
29 pages (color)
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
Connecticut Masters: Fine Arts and Antiques Collections of Hartford Steam
1991
Ed: Hartford Boiler Coll.
271 pages (color)
Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings
335 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
American Impressionism (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Gerdts, William H
336 pages (color)
Down Garden Paths The Floral Environment in American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Gerdts, William H
144 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff
213 pages
Clark G. Voorhees 1871-1933
1981
Florence Griswold Museum
32 pages (color)
Connecticut and American Impressionism (William Benton Museum of Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Spencer, Harold; Susan Larkin, Jeffrey Andersen (Essays)
184 pages (color)
American Impressionism
1974
Boyle, Richard
238 pages (color)
The Art Colony at Old Lyme 1900-3 (Exhibition catalog)
1966
Connecticut College for Women
67 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1931 American Art Annual
1931
Editors
0 pages
Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art (Exhibition catalog)