Pair of Realist Still Life By Artist Eliot Candee Clarke [1883-1980]

American born artist who was the son of impressionist landscape painter Walter Clark [1848-1917]. Studied at the Art Students League under John Twachtman (a family friend), under his father, and in Paris in 1904-1906. Eliot Candee Clark taught at the Art Student's League in New York City and New York City College. The pair of paintings are from his studies in Paris (both 1904). The paintings where sold by Clark's family directly and are not signed.

the still life are typical period studies for students learning to newly paint (he was 21 when he painted these) and he kept them his whole life to remember his early Paris studies. Most of his later work was of landscape.

both paintings have been completely restored, They were relined previously. The paintings have been claned and re-varnished as part of the new restoration.

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