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Carroll Cloar

Carroll Cloar

1913–1993
WA-00026605
Painting
Representation
None documented
6
Institutional Exhibitions
3
Works in Collection
7
Assets Indexed
3
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0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Artist as His Subject
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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The Artist as His Subject
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
No image
American Prints of the 20th Century
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954
No image
Master Prints from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
No image
Portraits in Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948

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About

Why this artist matters now

Carroll Cloar was an American painter known for his narrative canvases depicting the rural and domestic life of the American South. Working primarily in oil, he developed a distinctive style that combined observational realism with a dreamlike, psychological intensity, often rendering solitary figures and intimate interior scenes with a muted, earthy palette. Active from the 1940s onward, his work captured the texture of postwar American experience through a deeply regional lens.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Artworks (3)

Artwork sources (1)

3 published of 6 catalogued · 6 with image
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Museum of Modern Art
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Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionThe Artist as His Subject
New York · 1967
Group ExhibitionThe Artist as His Subject
New York · 1967
Group ExhibitionXXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
New York · 1954
Group ExhibitionAmerican Prints of the 20th Century
New York · 1954
Group ExhibitionMaster Prints from the Museum Collection
New York · 1949
Group ExhibitionPortraits in Prints
New York · 1948