Clarence Chatham Cook

Background

Cook, Clarence Chatham was born on September 8, 1828 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Zebedee and Caroline (Tuttle) Cook.

Education

Graduated from Harvard, 1849. Studied architecture, Newburg, New York.

Career

Wrote art column for New York Tribune, 1863-1866, special correspondent, Paris, France, 1869-1870. His 1st important criticism was paintings at Sanitary Fair, New York, 1863. Wrote critical pamphlet attacking Cypriote antiquities at Metropolitan Museum of Art, also Luigi Palma de Cesnola’s character (refused to testify in lawsuit that ensued because he had no proof).

Editor magazine The Studio, 1884-1892. Author: The New York Central Park, 1869 (pamphlet). Life of the Virgin, 1878.

The House Beautiful, 1878. Art and Artists of our Time, 3 vols., 1888.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The New York Central Park, 1869 (pamphlet). Life of the Virgin, 1878. The House Beautiful, 1878.
    
    Art and Artists of our Time, 3 vols., 1888.

Connections

Married Louisa (de Wendt) Whittemore, September 1853.

Father:

Zebedee Cook

Mother:

Caroline (Tuttle) Cook

Spouse:

Louisa