# Alson Skinner Clark artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1876-03-25
- Death date: 1949-03-22
- Nationality: American
- Movements: American Impressionism
- Common media: oil painting, photography, printmaking, mural painting

## About Alson Skinner Clark

Alson Skinner Clark (1876–1949) was an American Impressionist painter born in Chicago, Illinois, best known for luminous landscape compositions executed en plein air. Active from the turn of the twentieth century through the 1940s, Clark worked across several disciplines — easel painting, mural commissions, printmaking, and photography — and also taught art. His Impressionist landscapes, often depicting Southern California and Pasadena scenery where he spent much of his later career, reflect the influence of French Impressionism filtered through an American sensibility. Clark's work appears in institutional collections and with some frequency at auction, where collectors encounter his canvases in American Art and Impressionist sales. With over 260 recorded auction appearances, he is a recognizable name in the early-twentieth-century American painting market.

## Common works and media

The most commonly encountered works by Alson Skinner Clark are oil-on-canvas landscape paintings, often executed en plein air and depicting Southern California, Pasadena, or European scenes. Smaller oil studies on panel or board also appear. Clark produced mural-scale works for architectural commissions, photographic prints, and graphic works as a printmaker. Collectors at auction will most frequently see his Impressionist landscapes in the mid-range to upper-mid-range of the American Art market.

## Market and appraisal context

Alson Skinner Clark's work appears regularly in American Art and Impressionist & Modern Art auctions. The 266 recorded lots in the Appraisily database suggest a steady but not prolific market presence. Key valuation factors include medium (oil on canvas versus smaller works on board), subject matter (identifiable California or European landscapes tend to attract stronger interest), provenance clarity, and condition. Works with exhibition history or gallery labels from Clark's lifetime carry additional credibility. Collectors should note that unsigned works attributed to Clark require careful authentication, and auction results can vary considerably depending on size, quality, and subject.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from authority files and institutional sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, comparable lots, and auction-house context when those records are available. For Alson Skinner Clark, identity data is grounded in Getty ULAN, VIAF, the RKD, and the Library of Congress authority file, with biographical context from Wikidata and Wikipedia.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/17035
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/42941600/
- Getty Research Institute: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500020848
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4735826
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alson_S._Clark
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82224026