Background
Clifford Isaac Addams was born at Woodbury, New Jearsey, United States, on May 25, 1876.
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Clifford Isaac Addams
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He graduated from Germantown Academy in 1891, and studied at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia in 1894 and 1895.
Further study was made possible by the award of the Cresson Traveling Scholarship by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1896.
In 1899, Addams entered the Académie Carmen, Paris, of James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
Career
In 1901 Whistler appointed him an apprentice, and until 1906 Addams assisted young pupils of Whistler. The influence of this master appeared in Addams' oils, water colors, and pastels. After leaving Whistler's academy, he continued his painting in Belgium, Holland, Spain, Italy, and England. He served in the Royal Navy between 1914 and 1919. Portrait of the Artist's Wife and Decoration, in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and Washington Square are his best-known canvases. Addams executed the murals in the City Hall council chamber, Asheville, North Carolina. He died in New York, Nov. 7, 1942.
Achievements
Membership
He became a member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Philadelphia Society of Etchers (of whom he eventually became President), and the Society of American Etchers.
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American