PLEIN AIR HERITAGE
Kate Freeman Clark (1875-1957) It would be encouraging to find that talented artists are always recognized and the best painters are always able to exhibit and sell their pictures. The harsh reality is that a fluctuating economy, changing markets, and shifting tastes can work against the success of even the most gifted artists. Add personal misfortunate to the factors working against an artist, and it’s understandable how great painters fade into the dust of history. Kate Freeman Clark was one of those promising artists who ended her art career after personal and market challenges. In the 1890s, she was one of the best students in the classes William Merritt Chase taught at the Art Students League of New York and at his Shinnecock summer art school on Long Island, New York, and…