Clarence Holbrook Carter (March 26, 1904 – June 4, 2000) born in

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, was an

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artist.

Education

Carter studied at the

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from 1923 to 1927, and earned key patronage from William Millikin, the director of the

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. Millikin arranged for Carter study in Italy with Hans Hofmann in Capri,

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, for the summer of 1927.

Career

Throughout the 1930s and 40s he was known for his paintings of rural America and the burden brought on by the Great Depression. By the end of

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he had adopted a more

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approach to painting. In 1949, he was elected into the

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as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1964.

Collected works

Carter's work is found in the collections of the

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; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the

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; the James A. Michener Art Museum; the

; the Smithsonian American Art Museum,

; the

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; the Yager Museum of Art & Culture, Oneonta, New York; and many others.

References

*Carter, Clarence Holbrook; James A. Michener; Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer (New York, N.Y.);

(New York, N.Y.
''Clarence Carter : a joint exhibition 30 April through 1 June, 1974 Gimpel & Weitzenhiffer Gallery ... and Bodley Gallery''
(New York : Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer) OCLC: 6540063 *Trapp, Frank; Douglas Dreishpoon; Ricardo Pau-Llosa
''Clarence Holbrook Carter''
(New York : Rizzoli, ©1989)

External links

Askart.com pages on Clarence Holbrook Carter
(includes several color images)

(''War Bride'', 1940;

)
Bio of Carter at the Michener Museum website
1904 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters American illustrators People from Portsmouth, Ohio Painters from Ohio National Academy of Design members Section of Painting and Sculpture artists American muralists Cleveland School of Art alumni 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1900s-stub

Education

Career

Collected works

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