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Joseph Clark (4 July 18344 July 1926) was an English oil painter, well known in the Victorian era for his domestic scenes, especially of children.
at Dorset Ancestors, accessed 8 October 2020 His parents brought Clark up as a member of the Swedenborgian New Church, and he remained a member all his life. By 1851, Clark's father had died, and he was living at 13, Long Street, Cerne Abbas, with his widowed mother, who was a retired draper, and two older unmarried sisters, Mary and Emma. He went on to train at J. M. Leigh's art school and became a successful artist at an early age, exhibiting at the
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"Joseph Clark (1834–1926) Artist in Oils"
at Dorset Ancestors {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Joseph 19th-century English painters 20th-century English painters 1834 births 1926 deaths Alumni of the Heatherley School of Fine Art English illustrators People from West Dorset District
Life
Born in 1834 inCerne Abbas
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, Dorset
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,"Clark, Joseph, (4 July 1834–4 July 1926)", in '' Who Was Who 1916–1928'' (1992 reprint, ): "Member of Institute of Oil Painters, Born Cerne Abbas, Dorsetshire, 4 July 1834; m 1868, d of John Jones, Winchester; one s three d; died 4 July 1926" from the age of eleven Clark was educated as a boarder by William Barnes
William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a co ...
at his school in Dorchester, and according to a study of the school "exploited Barnes's training perhaps more successfully than any other pupil".Joseph Clark (1834–1926) Artist in Oilsat Dorset Ancestors, accessed 8 October 2020 His parents brought Clark up as a member of the Swedenborgian New Church, and he remained a member all his life. By 1851, Clark's father had died, and he was living at 13, Long Street, Cerne Abbas, with his widowed mother, who was a retired draper, and two older unmarried sisters, Mary and Emma. He went on to train at J. M. Leigh's art school and became a successful artist at an early age, exhibiting at the
Royal Academy
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between 1857 and 1904. ''Victorian Painters'' sums him up as a "painter of domestic genre of a tender and affecting nature, usually of children and a few biblical subjects"."Clark, Joseph ROI 1834–1926" in Christopher Wood, Christopher Newall, Margaret Richardson, ''Victorian Painters'' (Antique Collectors' Club, 2008), p. 101 He was elected a Member of the Institute of Oil Painters, which had a membership limited to one hundred. Some of his paintings were named in the Dorset dialect
The Dorset dialect is the traditional dialect spoken in Dorset, a county in the West Country of England. Stemming from Old West Saxon, it is preserved in the isolated Blackmore Vale, despite it somewhat falling into disuse throughout the earlier ...
, in which his schoolmaster William Barnes wrote poetry. "Jeanes Wedden Day in Mornen", which is also the title of a poem by Barnes, is an example of this.
In 1868, at Winchester
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, Clark married Annie Jones, a daughter of John Jones, of Winchester, and they went on to have one son and three daughters. He was also the uncle of another artist, Joseph Benwell Clark
Joseph Benwell Clark (185713 February 1938) was an English painter, etcher, engraver in mezzotint and drypoint, and book illustrator.
''Victorian Painters'' describes Clark as a London painter of rustic subjects.
Early life
Born at Cerne Abbas ...
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Clark died at 95 Hereson Road, Ramsgate
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, Kent, on 4 July 1926, his 92nd birthday.
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References
Further reading
* Eric Galvin, ''Joseph Clark: A Popular Victorian Artist and his World'' (Portway Publishing, 2016, )External links
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"Joseph Clark (1834–1926) Artist in Oils"
at Dorset Ancestors {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Joseph 19th-century English painters 20th-century English painters 1834 births 1926 deaths Alumni of the Heatherley School of Fine Art English illustrators People from West Dorset District