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1871 New York City - 1933 Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for: Landscape and portrait painting, etching.
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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Keywords (42)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Bermuda
- •Old Lyme, Connecticut
Art Association
- •Lyme Art Association, Connecticut
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
- •Jean Paul Laurens
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Columbia University Art Department, Student
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Julius Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
Added Description
- •Snowscene Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Old Lyme Artist Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Lyme Art Association-Connecticut
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts