Edward Clark (artist)
| Edward Clark | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 6, 1926 Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Abstract expressionism |
| Awards | 1972:National Endowment for the Arts |
Edward Clark, also known as Ed Clark (born May 6, 1926), is an African American abstract expressionist painter and one of the early experimenters with shaped canvas in the 1950s. Edward Clark stated:
Edward Clark was born May 6, 1926 in the Storyville section of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Edward Clark served In World War II in the US Air Corps, stationed in Guam.
Ed Clark studied from 1947 to 1951 in The Art Institute of Chicago with Helen Gardner and Louis Ritman. Under the GI Bill of Rights which financed the higher education of recruits, Clark took residence in Paris in 1952. He enrolled at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière where he studied until 1953.
Edward Clark returned to New York City in 1956. He and Ted Jones (painter) were the first Afro-Americans that actively participated in the New York City Tenth Street galleries. Clark had his first one-man show in 1958 in the Brata Gallery. After the show he soon returned to Paris where he continued to show.
Clark is the first Afro-American painter credited with working on a shaped canvas, an innovation that influenced contemporary art through the 1950s and 1960s. He is also known for his powerful brush stroke achieved with a push broom, large-scale canvases, and his vibrant use of color. He arrives in Paris each summer and returns to New York City. He had number of well received exhibitions in both continents.
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