Russell Stuart Cedric Clark (27 August 1905 – 29 July 1966) was a New Zealand artist, illustrator, sculptor and university lecturer. He was born in

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, on 27 August 1905. He attended Canterbury College School of Art from 1922 to 1928. He was an Official War Artist for New Zealand during the Second World War.

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and

Doris Lusk Doris More Lusk (5 May 1916 – 14 April 1990) was a New Zealand painter, potter, art teacher, and university lecturer. In 1990 she was posthumously awarded the Governor General Art Award in recognition of her artistic career and contributions. ...

were among his students. Clark worked as an illustrator at the ''

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'' both before and after the war, and was "the first unofficial art editor". By the 1950s, he was working for both the ''School Journal'' and the ''Listener''. Many of Clark's art works are held in

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in Wellington. The Russell Clark Award, established in 1975 for excellence in children's book illustration, was named in his honour. Since 2016, it has been awarded as part of the

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1905 births 1966 deaths New Zealand educators People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School Ilam School of Fine Arts alumni University of Canterbury faculty 20th-century New Zealand sculptors 20th-century New Zealand male artists Place of death missing {{NewZealand-artist-stub