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Biographical Note
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I've had the privelage of a lifetime exposure to Roland Clark's etchings,
paintings, and writing. From his boyhood days, his lifelong passion was game birds,
especially waterfowl. His illustrationss of birds in their natural environment are
astonishingly lifelike, even in his very early sketches. He was an ardent hunter and
his art depicts game birds as the hunter actually saw them. So it is not suprising
that hunters are his most ardent admirers.
Roland Clark was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1874. He graduated from
the William Kellogg School in New York City, then pursued his formal art training
studying drawing and painting at the Art Students League. In the early 1920's he
began to create the etchings that were to bring him national and international
acclaim. His contemporaries held him in such high regard that he was asked to
create the U.S. Federal duck stamp design in 1938.
In addition to his legendary etchings he created numerous renowned oil paintings,
watercolors, and aquatints. He was also a prolific writer of sporting articles, short
stories, and poems. Stray Shots was his first autobiographical collection of stories
and essays, published in 1931, and illustrated with thirteen original etchings. It has
become one of the most valued sporting books of all time. Stray Shots was followed
by the beautifully illustrated Gunner's Dawn in 1937, and Pot Luck in 1945.
My admiration for him continues to grow through the years as I learn more and
more about my grandfather and about his art.
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Sutherlin, Oregon
97479
Tel: (541)459-0312
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