Background
Clark, Allan was born on June 8, 1896 in Missoula. Montana. Son of Harry Percival and Bess (Harrison) Clark.
Clark, Allan was born on June 8, 1896 in Missoula. Montana. Son of Harry Percival and Bess (Harrison) Clark.
Student Stadium High school and Puget Sound College, Tacoma, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Art Students League, New York City.
Began as sculptor, 1917. Worked with stone and terra cotta. Became instructor Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, New York City.
Traveled in Japan, of Korea, China to study Oriental art, 1924-1927.
Visited the cave chapels, Turkestan, for Fogg Museum and made drawings for the museum. Has applied the Oriental technique to wood carving.
Works include portrait bust of Madam Galli-Curci. Figure of Nakamura Gonjiro (Honolulu Academy Art).
Wood carving of Maria of Cochiti (Seattle Art Museum).
Bust of James Russell Lowell (Hall of Fame). Bust of Klah, Navajo medicine man (Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Arts). Study for a Garden Pool.
Whitney Museum: Mei-Kwei Metropolitan Museum, New York City.
Member National Institute Arts and Letters.
Married Joy Cassidy, June 26, 1936.
