Photo Credit: David Dietrich

Artist

Clarence Augustus Worrall (Primary)

Title

Untitled

Date

1914

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Pastel on black paperboard

Dimensions

Sheet: 15 3/4 x 19 7/8 in. , Image: 10 7/8 x 15 in.

Style

American Impressionism

Object Type

Drawings

Credit Line

Gift of Robert F. Campbell

Accession Number

1998.13.04.44

Copyright

No Copyright, United States

A resident of Asheville from 1898 until his death in 1920, Worrall created pastels of North Carolina that were sold locally to tourists and also exhibited in New York City. This untitled work utilizes the soft tones and textures of the pastel medium against black paper to great effect. Worrall began his professional career as an etcher, and after 17 years working as a printmaker, he decided to study painting in Philadelphia and later in Paris. He was well-known as an artist and teacher in Asheville and founded the Asheville Academy of Fine Arts and School of Manual Training. By all accounts, his masterpiece was the 18-foot-wide painting Asheville From Overlook Park On Sunset Mountain, which was stolen during the course of a traveling exhibition and never recovered.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Cindy Buckner

• naturalistic landscapes