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CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 447 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLARKE, See also:THOMAS See also:SHIELDS (1866- ) , See also:American artist, was See also:born in See also:Pittsburg, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 25th of See also:April 186o, and graduated at See also:Princeton in 1882. He was a See also:pupil of the See also:Art Students' See also:League, New See also:York, and of the Ecole See also:des See also:Beaux Arts, See also:Paris, under J. L. Gimme; later he entered the atelier of Dagnan-Bouveret, and, becoming interested in See also:sculpture, worked for a while under See also:Henri M. See also:Chapu. As a sculptor, he received a See also:medal of See also:honour in See also:Madrid for his " The See also:Cider See also:Press," now in the See also:Golden See also:Gate See also:Park, See also:San Francisco, See also:California, and he made four See also:caryatides of " The Seasons " for the Appellate See also:Court See also:House, New York. He designed an " See also:Alma Mater " for Princeton University, and a See also:model is in the library. Among his paintings are his " See also:Night See also:Market in See also:Morocco " (See also:Philadelphia Art See also:Club), for which he received a medal at the See also:International Exposition in See also:Berlin in 1891, and his " A See also:Fool's Fool," exhibited at the See also:Salon in 1887 and now in the collection of the Pennsylvania See also:Academy of See also:Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

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