Ed Clark

Ed Clark (1926–2019) was an American painter associated with postwar abstraction and often considered part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists. Known for his dynamic use of color and gesture, he developed innovative techniques, including the use of a push broom to apply paint.

After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, Clark continued to live and work in France, absorbing the influence of such European modernists as Nicolas de Staël, Pierre Soulages, and Jean-Paul Riopelle. He became a member of a social and intellectual circle of American expatriate artists and writers, including fellow African American creatives Beauford Delaney, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Barbara Chase-Riboud.