Background
King, Clinton was born on October 3, 1901 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of John Porter and Lorena (Blair) King.
King, Clinton was born on October 3, 1901 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of John Porter and Lorena (Blair) King.
Student Princeton, 1924, National Academy Design Grand Central School Art, Broadmoor Art Academy, 1924-1925. Studied engraving with Hayter, Paris, 1969-1970, 72-73.
Numerous one-man shows United States and foreign countries, from 1932, latest being Ohana Gallery, London, England., 1959, Galleries Marigny, Paris, France, 1959, 61, Galleries Jeanne Castel, Paris, 1963, William Findlay Gallery, Chicago, 1964, 65, University Club, Chicago, 1965, Brinken Galleries, Stockholm, Sweden, 1966, Gallerie Transposition, Paris, 1966, Lakeview Center Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, 1968, Four Winds Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1974, Galerie Transposition, Paris, 1976. Exhibited group shows large cities United States and foreign countries, including Carnegie Institute, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago (Clyde M. Carr prize 1944), Philadelphia Annual, National Academy Design, Toledo Museum Art, Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Corcoran Biennial, Saint Louis Art Museum, Salon Doctorate’Automne, Paris, France, Santa Fe Art Museum, Museum of Bayeux (France). Representative permanent collections City of Paris, Fort Worth Art Association, Santa Fe Art Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Baltimore Museum Art, Bowdoin College Museum Art, California State College, Smith College, Rockford College, California Palace Legion of Honor, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, Indianapolis Museum Art, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Philadelphia Museum Art, Smithsonian Institution, universities Iowa, Maine, Nebraska, North Carolina, Utah, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Michigan State, Georgia, Ringling Museum Art, Sarasota, Florida, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Museum Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Indiana State University, Dayton The Art Institute of Chicago, Nasson College, Kalamazoo Institute Art, Drury College, Wittenberg University, Beloit College, numerous others
Club, Chicago, 1965, Brinken Galleries, Stockholm, Sweden, 1966, Gallerie Transposition, Paris, 1966, Lakeview Center Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, 1968, Four Winds Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1974, Galerie Transposition, Paris, 1976. Club: Chicago Arts.
Married Duff Stirling Twysden, August 1928 (deceased). Married second, Narcissa Swift, April.