Merton Clivette | |
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 Merton Clivette in the Carlinville Daily Oct 1897 | |
| Born | Merton Clive Cook 1868 |
| Died | 1931 |
| Nationality | U.S. citizen |
| Known for | Painting, writing, vaudeville performing, magician, silhouettist |
| Notable work | Snake Killer Outriding a Blizzard Vamps |
| Movement | Ashcan realism |
Merton Clive Cook (11 June 1868 - 8 May 1931), also known as Merton Clivette, was an American painter, magician, writer, vaudevillian and entertainer who spent most of his early life traveling the world entertaining before settling in New York to paint permanently. As a very highly regarded American artist of the early 20th century by his peers (including Maurice Sterne, Waldo Pierce, Edward Bruce, Marcel Sauvage and Michel Georges-Michel of Paris, among others), his style can be identified with the American expressionist movement.[1] Clivette is also known to be one of several artists who most defined the Ashcan realism period in New York at that time. Clivette was demonstrated artistic talent painting in a free flowing manner rarely painting over a line twice. During the 1920s his style evolved as he moved from realism toward expressionism eventually moving on to figurative and the abstract.
- ^ Hellman, George S., "To The Editor of Art Digest”, Art Digest, Oct. 1930