Russell Clark (artist)

Russell Stuart Cedric Clark (27 August 1905 – 29 July 1966) was a New Zealand artist, illustrator, sculptor and university lecturer.[1] He was born in Christchurch, North Canterbury, New Zealand, on 27 August 1905.[2] He attended Canterbury College School of Art from 1922 to 1928.[3] He was an Official War Artist for New Zealand during the Second World War.[4] Colin McCahon and Doris Lusk were among his students.[5] Clark worked as an illustrator at the New Zealand School Journal both before and after the war, and was "the first unofficial art editor".[5] By the 1950s, he was working for both the School Journal and the Listener. Many of Clark's art works are held in Archives New Zealand in Wellington.

Landing Ships Under Fire, Treasury Island, 1943, by Russell Clark
Russell Clark, 'Looking towards Tulagi from Halvao', 1944
Seabird, by Russell Clark, for Samoan school publication
Sea bird, for Samoan school journal, by Russell Clark

The Russell Clark Award, established in 1975 for excellence in children's book illustration, was named in his honour.[6] Since 2016, it has been awarded as part of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[7]

References
  1. Dunn, Michael (1975). Russell Clark 1905–1966 A retrospective exhibition (PDF). Christchurch: Robert McDougall Art Gallery.
  2. Roberts, Neil. "Russell Stuart Cedric Clark". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. "Russell Clark – Artworks, Exhibitions, Profile & Content". ocula.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. "Russell Clark | War Art Digitisation". warart.archives.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. O'Brien, Gregory, 1961– (2007). A nest of singing birds : 100 years of the New Zealand school journal. Learning Media. ISBN 978-0790319636. OCLC 488397015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "LIANZA Russell Clark Award". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  7. "New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults – Russell Clark Award for Illustration". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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