Clinton Adams
{{Short description|American artist (1918–2002)}}
{{distinguish|Clinton E. Adams}}
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| birth_place = Glendale, California, U.S.
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| death_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
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Clinton Adams (December 11, 1918 – May 13, 2002) was an American artist and art historian. He was known for his contributions to the field of lithography.
Biography
Adams was born in Glendale, California. He worked in the art department of the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) but eventually left to serve in the military. He returned to UCLA in 1946. From 1961 to 1976, he was the Dean of the University of New Mexico.
As a painter, Adams worked in several mediums, including oil, acrylic, watercolor painting, and egg tempera. He also produced lithographs, and was the co-author of The Tamarind Book of Lithography (1971), an important description of the process. Among his other writings is American Lithographers (1987), a history of the art in the United States from 1900 to 1960.{{cite web | title=Clinton Adams, 83, a Painter Who Helped Resurrect Lithography | work=The New York Times | date=June 2, 2002 | url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F10FC395E0C718CDDAF0894DA404482 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130083750/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/nyregion/clinton-adams-83-a-painter-who-helped-resurrect-lithography.html | archive-date=Jan 30, 2013 | url-status=dead |author=Ken Johnson}}
Adams received the Governor's Award for "Outstanding Contributions to the Arts of New Mexico" in 1985, and in 1992 he became a member of the National Academy of Design.{{cite web|title=National Academicians: A|url=http://www.nationalacademy.org/academy/national-academicians/?na=A|accessdate=19 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109021200/http://www.nationalacademy.org/academy/national-academicians/?na=A|archive-date=9 November 2014|url-status=dead | website=www.nationalacademy.org}} He died of liver cancer{{cite book|title=Miracle on the mesa: a history of the University of New Mexico, 1889-2003|year=2006|publisher=University of New Mexico Press for the Office of the President|isbn=0-8263-4016-4|page=336}} on May 13, 2002, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
References
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External links
- [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/clinton-adams-papers-10395 Clinton Adams papers, 1934-2002] from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
- [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-clinton-adams-11669 Oral history interview with Clinton Adams, 1974 Mar. 29] from the Archives of American Art
- [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-clinton-adams-12197 Oral history interview with Clinton Adams, 1995 Aug. 2-3] a second interview from the Archives of American Art
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Category:American art historians
Category:Deaths from liver cancer in the United States
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Category:20th-century American historians
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Category:University of New Mexico faculty
Category:Deaths from cancer in New Mexico
Category:American military personnel of World War II
Category:20th-century American male writers