{"data": {"name": "Mr. Clarence Holbrook Carter", "nationality": "American", "description": "Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000)", "biography": "One of Cleveland\u2019s most imaginative interpreters of the American scene, Clarence Carter was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, and developed a love of drawing at an early age. Encouraged by his family, he took private watercolor lessons and won art prizes in county and state fairs in his early teens. He studied with William Eastman, Henry Keller, and Paul Travis at the Cleveland School of Art, 1923\u201327. He exhibited in the annual May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art (1927\u201339). In 1927 William Milliken, then curator of paintings at the art museum, organized a subscription scholarship to allow Carter two years of travel through Italy, Switzerland, England, and France. In the summer of 1927 he studied in Capri with Hans Hofmann. On returning to Cleveland in 1929, Carter had his first solo exhibition at the Cleveland Art Center. He taught studio classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930\u201337. In 1934, under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project, the first of the New Deal art programs, Carter was commissioned to paint two murals for Cleveland Public Auditorium. For a subsequent governmental art program, the Works Progress Administration, he served as a district supervisor for painting projects in north east Ohio. After 1935 he completed two federal mural commissions: one for the post office in Ravenna, Ohio, and another for the post office in his hometown. In 1938 he moved to Pittsburgh to teach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University). During the 1930s and 1940s he showed in annual exhibitions in Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. <br><em>Transformations in Cleveland Art</em> (CMA, 1996), p. 224", "birth_year": "1904", "death_year": "2000", "id": 9325, "artworks": [{"id": 93299, "accession_number": "1931.1761", "title": "July", "tombstone": "July, 1930. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1931.1761", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.1761"}, {"id": 109582, "accession_number": "1928.213", "title": "The Patient Cow", "tombstone": "The Patient Cow, 1928. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1928.213", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.213"}, {"id": 114183, "accession_number": "1933.433", "title": "Olive Trees, Capri", "tombstone": "Olive Trees, Capri, 1932. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1933.433", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.433"}, {"id": 123133, "accession_number": "1943.365", "title": "The Picking of Grapes", "tombstone": "The Picking of Grapes, 1931. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward J. Adams, 1943.365", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.365"}, {"id": 125031, "accession_number": "1946.466", "title": "Pennsylvania Station", "tombstone": "Pennsylvania Station, 1932. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Etching and aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1946.466", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.466"}, {"id": 125032, "accession_number": "1946.467", "title": "Railroad Avenue", "tombstone": "Railroad Avenue, 1931. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Color aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1946.467", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.467"}, {"id": 130157, "accession_number": "1952.536", "title": "Bucks County Ruins", "tombstone": "Bucks County Ruins, 1945. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1952.536", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.536"}, {"id": 130965, "accession_number": "1953.647", "title": "Winter Sunflower", "tombstone": "Winter Sunflower, 1936. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1953.647", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.647"}, {"id": 134683, "accession_number": "1957.201", "title": "May Apples and Barbed Wire", "tombstone": "May Apples and Barbed Wire, 1950. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1957.201", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.201"}, {"id": 135128, "accession_number": "1958.164", "title": "The Red  Horse (recto) Sketch of a Tree (verso) ", "tombstone": "The Red  Horse (recto) Sketch of a Tree (verso) , 1935. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Pen and black ink and brush and red wash over traces of graphite; sheet: 28.3 x 47.9 cm (11 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1958.164", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.164"}, {"id": 135129, "accession_number": "1958.164.a", "title": "The Red Horse (recto)", "tombstone": "The Red Horse (recto), 1935. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Pen and black ink and brush and red wash over traces of graphite; sheet: 28.3 x 47.9 cm (11 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1958.164.a", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.164.a"}, {"id": 135130, "accession_number": "1958.164.b", "title": "Sketch of a Tree (verso)", "tombstone": "Sketch of a Tree (verso), 1935?. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Black crayon; sheet: 47.9 x 28.3 cm (18 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1958.164.b", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.164.b"}, {"id": 136142, "accession_number": "1959.70", "title": "Mysterious Lake Patterns, Lake Erie (Study for Lake Erie Patterns)", "tombstone": "Mysterious Lake Patterns, Lake Erie (Study for Lake Erie Patterns), c. 1930. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor with black chalk  ; sheet: 35.1 x 50.9 cm (13 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1959.70", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.70"}, {"id": 141587, "accession_number": "1965.183", "title": "Near Lucasville", "tombstone": "Near Lucasville, 1934. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor with graphite underdrawing; sheet: 37.8 x 56 cm (14 7/8 x 22 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leona E. Prasse, 1965.183", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.183"}, {"id": 146924, "accession_number": "1972.326", "title": "Lake Erie Patterns", "tombstone": "Lake Erie Patterns, 1930. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Oil on canvas; framed: 66 x 80.6 cm (26 x 31 3/4 in.); unframed: 52.1 x 67.3 cm (20 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Madeleine Williams in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Williams, 1972.326", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.326"}, {"id": 148754, "accession_number": "1929.1976", "title": "A Woman of the Sabines", "tombstone": "A Woman of the Sabines, 1928. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Oil on canvas; unframed: 55.3 x 46.4 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1929.1976", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.1976"}, {"id": 150100, "accession_number": "1980.302", "title": "Circus Horses", "tombstone": "Circus Horses, 1933. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Oil on canvas; framed: 75.9 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm (29 7/8 x 40 x 1 in.); unframed: 66 x 91.4 cm (26 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lillian M. Kern, 1980.302", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.302"}, {"id": 150852, "accession_number": "1982.257", "title": "Storm over Lake Erie", "tombstone": "Storm over Lake Erie, 1930. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lillian M. Kern, 1982.257", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.257"}, {"id": 154616, "accession_number": "1989.225", "title": "Cascine Gardens, Florence", "tombstone": "Cascine Gardens, Florence, 1927. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.225", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.225"}, {"id": 154617, "accession_number": "1989.226", "title": "Mist and Mountains, Capri", "tombstone": "Mist and Mountains, Capri, 1927. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor over graphite. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.226", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.226"}, {"id": 156402, "accession_number": "1992.192", "title": "Descent into Limbo", "tombstone": "Descent into Limbo, 1971. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Joseph M. Erdelac, 1992.192", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.192"}, {"id": 156840, "accession_number": "1992.6", "title": "William Milliken at the Century of Progress, Chicago", "tombstone": "William Milliken at the Century of Progress, Chicago, 1940. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Oil on canvas; framed: 90.2 x 125 x 9 cm (35 1/2 x 49 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 74 x 109.5 cm (29 1/8 x 43 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1992.6", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.6"}, {"id": 160556, "accession_number": "1998.335", "title": "Olive Trees, Capri", "tombstone": "Olive Trees, Capri, 1932. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Color etching and aquatint; sheet: 25.3 x 29 cm (9 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.); platemark: 13.8 x 17.5 cm (5 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Gordon K. Mott, 1998.335", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.335"}, {"id": 171154, "accession_number": "2013.67", "title": "Portrait of Ezra Davenport", "tombstone": "Portrait of Ezra Davenport, 1929. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Oil on canvas; unframed: 113 x 90.2 cm (44 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Huntington National Bank, 2013.67", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.67"}, {"id": 172820, "accession_number": "1938.2234", "title": "The Wave", "tombstone": "The Wave, 1938. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Oil on canvas; unframed: 50.4 x 75.7 cm (19 13/16 x 29 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1938.2234", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.2234"}, {"id": 172955, "accession_number": "1936.2698", "title": "Port Huron", "tombstone": "Port Huron, 1936. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904\u20132000). Oil on canvas; framed: 86.3 x 98.4 x 6.4 cm (34 x 38 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 68.9 x 81.6 cm (27 1/8 x 32 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1936.2698", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.2698"}]}}