Walter Appleton Clark was an artist and illustrator.
Clark was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, four years before the death of his father. His mother then made a living for her family by taking in borders. As a child, Clark drew sketches for his own amusement, and at fifteen, he spent a profitable summer in Jackson, New Hampshire, taking drawing lessons from a local artist. After finishing high school, Clark studied at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for two years before enlisting at the Massachusetts Nautical Training School to become an officer in the U.S. Merchant Marine. In 1894, Clark resigned as a cadet in good standing and enrolled at the Art Students League of New York, where he studied under William Merritt Chase and Harry Siddons Mowbray. Among Clark's intimate friends there were fellow students John Wolcott Adams and James Montgomery Flagg.
Joseph H. Chapin, the art editor of Scribner’s Magazine, discovered one of Clark's drawings on a classroom wall and gave him his first commission, to illustrate a story by Rudyard Kipling. In 1899, after achieving rapid success illustrating books and magazine stories, Clark returned to the Art Student League as a teacher.
Clark was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, four years before the death of his father. His mother then made a living for her family by taking in borders. As a child, Clark drew sketches for his own amusement, and at fifteen, he spent a profitable summer in Jackson, New Hampshire, taking drawing lessons from a local artist. After finishing high school, Clark studied at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for two years before enlisting at the Massachusetts Nautical Training School to become an officer in the U.S. Merchant Marine. In 1894, Clark resigned as a cadet in good standing and enrolled at the Art Students League of New York, where he studied under William Merritt Chase and Harry Siddons Mowbray. Among Clark's intimate friends there were fellow students John Wolcott Adams and James Montgomery Flagg.
Joseph H. Chapin, the art editor of Scribner’s Magazine, discovered one of Clark's drawings on a classroom wall and gave him his first commission, to illustrate a story by Rudyard Kipling. In 1899, after achieving rapid success illustrating books and magazine stories, Clark returned to the Art Student League as a teacher.
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