John Cecil Clay
Illustration — Cover from August 1908. John Cecil Clay, 1875–1930, was an American illustrator known for genre and caricature paintings. Clay was born in Ronceverte, West Virginia, to a long-time Southern family.
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John Cecil Clay
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- Born
- 1875
- Died
- 1930
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- illustrator · caricaturist · artist
- Education
- Art Students League of New York
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Illustration — Cover from August 1908. John Cecil Clay, 1875–1930, was an American illustrator known for genre and caricature paintings. Clay was born in Ronceverte, West Virginia, to a long-time Southern family.
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He was a student of Henry Siddons Mowbray at the Art Students League of New York and had a graphic style that was suited to illustration. A recurring subject was pretty young women. During his life he worked for Life and Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. He was a member of Society of Illustrators and was represented at the St. Louis Exposition-World's Fair 1904. Apart from the above-mentioned magazines he also worked as an illustrator for The Century Magazine, Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping.
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cover of the Christmas 1907 issue of New York Dramatic Mirror featuring art by John Cecil Clay
John Cecil Clay
Illustration by John Cecil Clay for the short story "Marjorie Daw" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1908. In the illustration, the character of John Flemming imagines Marjorie Daw. From an edition of the story published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908.
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