John Heaviside Clark (1771 - 1863)

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John Heaviside Clark

John Heaviside Clark was a Scottish battle painter, marinist and printmaker.

Clark is best known for his aquatint engravings depicting Scottish towns, historically important for their precise attention to detail and concise clear depiction of space. He earned the nickname Waterloo Clark for his sketches of the battlefield of Waterloo, later published as color engravings.

John Clark is the author of A Practical Essay on the Art of Coloring and Drawing Landscapes with Illustrations, published in 1807, and A Practical Illustration of Gilpin's Day, with thirty color plates based on monochrome studies representing different times of day.

Date and place of birt:1771, Scotland
Date and place of death:October 1863, Edinburgh, Scotland
Period of activity: XVIII, XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Engraver, Painter
Genre:History painting, Military art, Landscape painting, Marine art
Art style:Baroque, Romanticism

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