This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born Bunkerhill, Oct. 19, 1901; died June 1991. Painter. Etcher. Teacher. Bookbinder. Studied at Kansas State College, Manhattan; Hays; Art Institute of Chicago; earned a masters degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI and from the University of Kansas, Lawrence where she was a student of Raymond Eastwood, Albert Bloch, Albert Thayer, and John R. Frazier. Studied at the Central School of Arts & Crafts, London and the Royal College of Art, London where she came under the tutelage of Sidney Cockerell and William Matthews. Taught at University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1926-35 and at Colorado A &M, Ft. Collins from 1936-64. The art gallery at Colorado State University, dedicated in 1975, is named the Clara A. Hatton Gallery. | Source:
COLLECTIONS:
Topeka Public Library
MEMBERSHIPS:
Delta Phi Delta; Mac Dowell Club, NY; Cleveland Print Makers; Kansas Artist- Craftsmen Association
SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Newlin, Gertrude Dix (Development of Art in Kansas. Typed Manuscript, 1951); Festival of Kansas Arts and Crafts. Catalog: Arts and Crafts of Kansas: an Exhibition held in Lawrence, Feb. 18-22, 1948 in the Community Building. Lawrence: World Co., 1948; Who’s Who in American Art. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1936- v.1=1936-37 v.3= 1941-42 v.2=1938-39 v.4=1940-47. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7; Sain, Lydia. Kansas Artists, compiled by Lydia Sain from 1932 to 1948. Typed Manuscript, 1948.; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition (Kansas City: Kansas City Art Institute, 1920-1942 Mines, Cynthia. For the Sake of Art: The Story of an Art Movement in Kansas. s.l. Mines, 1979.) 1930-1935; Family Search. Version 2.5.0. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2002. www.FamilySearch.org accessed July 16, 2006; KU Archives File (Faculty & Staff at the University of Kansas, card catalog file located in the Spencer Research Library); TPL | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Clara studied at Kansas University under Rosemary Ketcham. She also studied at Cranbook and the Central School in London. Clara was hired in 1936 to teach art in the Department of Home Economics at Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University) in Ft. Collins. She was the only art professor at Ft. Collins at the time. Under her leadership, the department grew to national prominence, with printmaking, metal working, painting, design, weaving and pottery. Clara was a Renaissance woman, enjoying all aspects of visual arts.
She died June 27, 1991.
Information courtesy of the artist's niece, Ora Shay
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Exhibition Record (Museums, Institutions and Awards):
Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1930; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1931; Midwestern Artists Exhibition, 1932; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1933; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1934; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1935;17th Annual Kansas Artists Exhibition (Topeka: Mulvane Art Museum, 1925-1941), 1941; National Gallery of Art; Cranbrook Art Museum. | |
Memberships:
Delta Phi Delta; Mac Dowell Club, NY; Cleveland Print Makers; Kansas Artist- Craftsmen Association |
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