Walter Clark (American, 1848-1917), Greenwich

Oil on canvas (lined), 1893, signed at lower left, retaining exhibition, gallery, and collection labels to the verso, presented in a giltwood frame.

Stretcher size 24 x 20 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 31 3/4 x 27 5/8 in.

R. H. Love Galleries, Chicago
From the Collection of the late A. Everette James, Jr., M.D., J.D., Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina

Exhibited:
Connecticut and American Impressionism: The Cos Cob Clapboard School, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1980
Walter and Eliot Clark: A Tradition in American Painting, The Dixon Gallery and Garden, Memphis, Tennessee, 1980

Walter Clark originally studied to be an engineer, earning a degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1869. After extensive travels through Europe, India, China, and Japan, he returned to the United States and herded sheep in Wyoming. He finally returned to New York, settling in the artist's enclave of Bronxville. An early tonalist, he was friends with Bruce Crane and George Inness. He would later adopt a more impressionist style, with a lighter palette.

Clark exhibited at the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Art Club, and the Brooklyn Art Association.

The painting has a wax lining, with very light retouching visible under UV light.