Artist

Clara Pauline Barck Welles

1868–1965

133165

Works

Years lived

Arts and Crafts Movement

Style

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.

Selected works

133165 pieces

Pitcher

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)

The Idols

Cady Wells American, 1904-1954

Bowl

Pauline Pottery Company (American, 1882–1911) Edgerton, Wisconsin

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

Green Drape 1

James Welling American, born 1951

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Well, now, Achilles...

Paul Gavarni French, 1804-1866

"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)