Clara’s work is defined by its arts and crafts movement sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Pitcher
Designed by Clara Pauline Barck Welles (American, 1868–1965) Made by Kalo Shop (American, 1900–70) Park Ridge, Illinois
Lamp with Hanging Head Dragonfly Shade and Mosaic and Turtleback Base
Design attributed to Clara Pierce Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944) Tiffany Studios (American, 1902–32) Corona, New York
Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln
Leonard Wells Volk (American, 1828–1895)
Bowl
Pauline Pottery Company (American, 1882–1911) Edgerton, Wisconsin
The Idols
Cady Wells American, 1904-1954
Woman and Child at the Well
Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)
Corn Dance, Santa Clara
Gustave Baumann American, 1881-1971
Black Seed Jar
Joseph Lonewolf (Santa Clara Pueblo, 1932-2014) Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico
Storage Jar
Sara Fina Tafoya (Santa Clara, 1863–1949) Pueblo of Santa Clara
Les-Parents-Terribles series: Well, now, Achilles...
Paul Gavarni French, 1804-1866
Green Drape 1
James Welling American, born 1951
"Well Spring" Carafe
Designed by Richard Redgrave English, 1804-1888 Made by John Fell Christy, Stangate Glass Works (Lambeth, England, active 1840/50) Commissioned by Henry Cole (English, 1808-1882) for Felix Summerly's Art Manufactures (England, 1847-1850)
Clara
Helena Chapellín Wilson American, born Venezuela 1941
Longueil, Normandie
Lyonel Feininger American, worked in Germany, 1871–1956
Peasant Family at a Well
Master of the Children's Caps (Le Maître aux Béguins; French, 17th century)
Epirus (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Klara Posnanski (Austrian, active 1920s–1930s) Produced by the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna, active 1903–1932) Vienna, Austria
This, My Brother
Charles White (American, 1918–1979)
Man of Sorrows
Marion Perkins (American, 1908–1961)
Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Magnus (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)