Artist
Alvan Clark
United States
Alvan Clark is an United States American Folk Art painter. 11 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Fine Arts Boston, most of them watercolors.
Clark made small, precise portraits on ivory and canvas in the 1830s–1850s, when Americans commissioned miniatures as keepsakes. You’ll find his hand in five portraits here, including a watercolor of Dr. Samuel A. Bemis and an oil of Mrs. Charles Henry Cummings. Each face is sharp and steady, caught in quiet light. Tap Mrs. Henry Codman’s portrait to see the same steady attention turned on lace collars and calm expressions.
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