Timothy J. Clark’s expressive interiors, urban landscapes, figures and personal still lifes have been celebrated in solo museum exhibitions on both coasts and in the heart of the country. A modern, master figurative painter, he recasts traditions of painting for a new generation.
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Clark on Art
Lecture: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of California, Irvine.
November 14, 2019
10 AM – noon
For information, see: ce.uci.edu/olli,
Or call (949) 451-1403
California culture a half century ago was open to multiple approaches to drawing and painting. In his upcoming lecture, Tim will show how he combines a variety of these movements in his contemporary figurative work. His painting, Serra Chapel, is part of the Buck Collection at UC Irvine.
Major Donation of Clark Artworks to the Polk Museum
Leslie and Betsy Roy have generously donated twenty-eight figure paintings and drawings to the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College.
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Leslie Roy notes “we’ve lived with Clark’s paintings in our home for over twenty-five years and it’s our great pleasure to make these works available for museum visitors to the Polk’s permanent collection”.
H. Alexander Rich, Director and Curator of the Museum, states that “we are thrilled to receive these masterworks in drawing and painting by Timothy Clark. Our American figurative art collection already contains one wonderful Clark painting, and, thanks to this incredible gift from the Roys, we can greatly enhance the holdings of the museum.”
Recent Acquisitions
Arkansas’ Fort Smith Regional Art Museum has acquired Clark’s watercolor painting, Summer Solstice for its permanent collection.
The Hilbert Museum at Chapman University, Orange, California has acquired two Timothy Clark paintings for their permanent collection.
“Timothy Clark’s gossamer layering of colors reanimates everything he paints, so that even the familiar is seen anew.”
—Tom Freudenheim,
Art Historian, Curator, and Critic
“Timothy J. Clark stands among the American masters of watercolor, past and present.”
—Malcolm Warmer
Director, Laguna Art Museum
“The luminous watercolors of Timothy J. Clark are the successors to Sargent’s ethereal atmospheres of light, mist and color.
—Michael Brown, Ph.D
Associate Curator of Art, San Diego Museum of Art
