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Carroll Cloar

Carroll Cloar (1913 - 1993) was active/lived in Tennessee, Arkansas, New York.  Carroll Cloar is known for Portrait, genre and surreal view painting, illustration.

A painter of scenes from his home, both real and imaginary, and wherever he was at the time, Carroll Cloar recreated rural landscapes in a style combining realism and naivete with people, old buildings, and items that remind viewers of places from Americana childhood.

Cloar was born in Earle, Arkansas, a small cotton growing town, and he enrolled in Southwestern College where he earned a B.A. Degree.  He went to Europe to visit museums, and upon his return enrolled in the Memphis Academy of Art*.  In 1936, he began part-time studies at the Art Students League* in New York, where he was much influenced by teachers Arnold Blanch and William McNulty.

He created a comic-strip character called "Junius," which was a combination of Superman and Popeye, but "Junius" was not successful. 

Cloar's skill in lithography* earned him a McDowell Fellowship* in 1940, which allowed him to travel to Europe, but instead of going there, he went to the S   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12539 characters.]  Artist bio

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