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1913 Earle, Arkansas - 1993 Memphis, Tennessee. Known for: Portrait, genre and surreal view painting, illustration.
A painter of scenes from his home, both real and imaginary, and wherever he was at the time, Carroll Cloar recreated rural landscapes in a style combining realism and naivete with people, old... Read full biography
A painter of scenes from his home, both real and imaginary, and wherever he was at the time, Carroll Cloar recreated rural landscapes in a style combining realism and naivete with people, old buildings, and items that remind viewers of places from Americana childhood. Cloar was born in Earle,... Read full biography
A painter of scenes from his home, both real and imaginary, and wherever he was at the time, Carroll Cloar recreated rural landscapes in a style combining realism and naivete with people, old buildings, and items that remind viewers of places from Americana childhood. Cloar was born in Earle, Arkansas, a small cotton growing town, and he enrolled in Southwestern College where he earned a B.A. Degree. He went to Europe to visit museums, and upon his return enrolled in the Memphis Academy of... Read full biography
A painter of scenes from his home, both real and imaginary, and wherever he was at the time, Carroll Cloar recreated rural landscapes in a style combining realism and naivete with people, old buildings, and items that remind viewers of places from Americana childhood. Cloar was born in Earle, Arkansas, a small cotton growing town, and he enrolled in Southwestern College where he earned a B.A. Degree. He went to Europe to visit museums, and upon his return enrolled in the Memphis Academy of Art*. In 1936, he began part-time studies at the Art Students League* in New York, where he was much influenced by teachers Arnold Blanch and William McNulty. He created a comic-strip character called "Junius," which was a combination of Superman and... Read full biography
A painter of scenes from his home, both real and imaginary, and wherever he was at the time, Carroll Cloar recreated rural landscapes in a style combining realism and naivete with people, old buildings, and items that remind viewers of places from Americana childhood. Cloar was born in Earle, Arkansas, a small cotton growing town, and he enrolled in Southwestern College where he earned a B.A. Degree. He went to Europe to visit museums, and upon his return enrolled in the Memphis Academy of Art*. In 1936, he began part-time studies at the Art Students League* in New York, where he was much influenced by teachers Arnold Blanch and William McNulty. He created a comic-strip character called "Junius," which was a combination of Superman and Popeye, but "Junius" was not successful. Cloar's skill in lithography* earned him a McDowell Fellow... Read full biography
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Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Photo Realism, Hyperrealism, Super Realism
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Caricatures
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Memphis Academy of Fine Art, College of Art, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
- •MacDowell Art Colony Fellowship, Resident
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts