Background
Clay, John Cecil was born on April 2, 1875 in Ronceverte, Greenbrier Company, West Virginia, United States. Son of General Cecil and Anna Wood (Kester) Clay.
Clay, John Cecil was born on April 2, 1875 in Ronceverte, Greenbrier Company, West Virginia, United States. Son of General Cecil and Anna Wood (Kester) Clay.
Educated Friends School, Washington. Studied drawing at Students’ League, Washington, 1895-1896, receiving scholarship to New York Art Students’ League, for best work done in school. Studied drawing, art Students’ League, New York, 1897-1898.
Member Board of Control during latter year.
First professional work done for The Saturday Evening Post. Philadelphia, 1899; since then work has appeared in all leading magazines
Club: The Players. Designed and arranged books of his drawings: In Love’s Garden, 1904.
Married Greenwich, Connecticut, June 22, 1904, Marie Deschapelles Bauduy.