Sculptor in various materials, born in London, son of the sculptor Robert Lindsey Clark. Educated in Cheltenham, where he initially studied sculpture from 1905–10, his father being a major influence. Then studied at City and Guilds Art School, 1910–14, and Royal Academy Schools, 1919–21. Won the Distinguished Service Order during World War I. Exhibited RA, RBA, RSA and Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Clark completed a number of war memorials, notably the Belgian soldiers’ memorial at Kensal Green, London; he was a fellow of the RBS, and his relief of St Thomas More is illustrated in the volume RBS: Modern British Sculpture, published in 1939. Signed work P L C. Like his son Michael he contributed to the restoration of the Carmelite Friary at Aylesford, Kent, being a Carmelite tertiary, featured in the Priory’s publication Image of Carmel, 1974.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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