Allan Clark (American, 1896 - 1950)

Born in Missoula, Montana, Allan Clark became a sculptor whose figure work reflected his world-wide travels, especially in the Orient where from 1924 to 1927, he studied in China, Korea and Japan. He was a student at Puget Sound College in Tacoma, Washington; the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York.

Clark was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Sculpture Society. He begun work as a sculptor in 1917 in New York City working in stone and terra cotta while teaching at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design.