John Clark (painter)

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John Clark (* 1830 in Riga , Livonia Gouvernement , Russian Empire ; † 1905 ibid) was a Russian-Latvian painter from the Düsseldorf School .

Life

Clark, the son of English parents, grew up in Riga and studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1853 . There he attended the building class of Rudolf Wiegmann and the art history lessons of Karl Josef Ignatz Mosler . He received lessons in anatomy and proportions from Heinrich Mücke . He worked as a drawing teacher in his hometown, in 1898 he was "adjunct professor" at the Riga Polytechnic . Little is known about his further life. He exhibited violins and cellos in Saint Petersburg .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Findbuch 212.01.04 Student lists of the Düsseldorf Art Academy , website in the archive.nrw.de portal ( North Rhine-Westphalia State Archive )
  2. ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016) , PDF
  3. ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 428
  4. ^ Wilhelm Ostwald: Treatises of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig, Mathematical and Natural Science Class . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2003, volume 61, p. 113
  5. ↑ Clark, John , biographical information on amati.com , accessed April 7, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Clark, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-Latvian painter of the Düsseldorf School
DATE OF BIRTH 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Livonia Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 1905
Place of death Riga , Livonia Governorate , Russian Empire