clayton sumner price
Early Life and Artistic Awakening Clayton Sumner Price, born in 1874 near Bedford, Iowa, emerged from a world steeped in the rhythms of rural life—a family of twelve children raised on farms and ranches that stretched across Iowa, Wyoming, and even into Alberta, Canada. This formative period wasn’t one of immediate artistic pursuit; rather, it was an immersion in the raw physicality of existence, a deep connection to the land and its…
The Lifeline
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Chapters — Career Periods
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Thumbnails — Dated Works
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Colour Band — Movement Drift
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