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akteur: Clarkson, Ralph
biografische angaben: Born 1861 in Ottawa, Illinois, died 1942. Played an active role in the art world of Chicago at the turn of the century as a portrait painter and as president of the Chicago Society of Artists, the Municipal Art League, and the Art Commission of Chicago and Illinois. He was a founder of the Cliff Dwellers Club that grew out of the weekly meetings of a group of artists and other creative people who met in his Fine Arts Building studio. Clarkson maintained a studio in the building until his death.
