Artist

W. Clark Noble

born Gardiner, ME 1858-died Washington, DC 1938
Also known as
  • William Clark Noble
  • W. C. Noble
  • Clark Noble
Born
Gardiner, Maine, United States
Died
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Biography

William Clark Noble was raised by his grandfather after his father, a ship’s captain, was lost at sea. Noble created animal sculptures from clay when he was a little boy and began studying art in Boston at age twenty-two. His best-known works include the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Newport, Rhode Island, and statues of Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Jefferson, and General “Mad Anthony” Wayne for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.

Works by this artist (5 items)

Max Bohm, Ancient Seaport, 1921, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.5
Ancient Seaport
Date1921
oil on canvas
Not on view
Max Bohm, Untitled, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Eleanor Kotz Savorgnan, 1976.29.2
Untitled
Not on view
Max Bohm, Springtime in France, ca. 1923, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.7
Springtime in France
Dateca. 1923
oil on canvas
Not on view
Max Bohm, An Incident on the English Channel, 1919, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.6
An Incident on the English Channel
Date1919
oil on canvas
Not on view