Background
Adams, Clinton was born on December 11, 1918 in Glendale, California, United States. Son of Merritt Cooley and Effie (Mackenzie) Adams.
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Adams, Clinton was born on December 11, 1918 in Glendale, California, United States. Son of Merritt Cooley and Effie (Mackenzie) Adams.
Bachelor of Education, University of California at Los Angeles, 1940; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1942.
He worked in the art department of the University of California, Los Angeles, but eventually left to serve in the military. He returned to University of California, Los Angeles in 1946. From 1961 to 1976, he was the Dean of the University of New Mexico.
As a painter, Adams worked in several mediums, including oil, acrylic, watercolor painting, and egg tempera.
He also produced lithographs, and was the co-author of The Tamarind Book of Lithography (1971), an important description of the process. Among his other writings is American Lithographers (1987), a history of the art in the United States from 1900 to 1960.
He died of liver cancer on May 13, 2002, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Member National Academy of Design (academician), National Council Fine Arts Deans (chairman 1965-1967).
Married Mary Elizabeth Atchison, January 9, 1943. 1 child, Michael Gerald.