Claggett Wilson, born in 1887 in Washington, DC, eventually made New York City his home. In his teenage years he exercised his equestrian skills as a cowboy in Arizona and in England riding to hounds. After abandoning a short stay at Princeton University, he spent four years in Paris (1906-1910) honing is artistic skills which won him a place in the Paris Salon. Claggett Wilson is pictured here on Squirrel Island, Maine, where he maintained a summer studio.

Charles II, a.k.a. C. Claggett Wilson

Claggett Wilson on Squirrel Island, ME.

Claggett Wilson on Heintz's Pier.

Claggett Wilson with his mother on Heintz's Pier.

Claggett Wilson age 19.

Claggett Wilson, rarely without a hat.

Academie Julien, Paris 1910. Claggett Wilson is standing fourth from the left; his hand is resting on the shoulder of his instructor Richard Edward Miller.

Just home from the Front, 1919.

Home from the Front with his niece, Helen, 1919.

Home from the Front with his nieces, Charlotte & Elizabeth, 1919.

Claggett Wilson, 1925

Claggett Wilson with his sister in Paris.

Claggett Wilson, right, in Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey, 1926. He was commissioned to paint a portrait of Turkey's president, Mustapha Kemal Pasha Atatürk. In the center is photographer, Douglas Robbins.

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Mustapha Kemal Pasha Atatürk - bio

Claggett Wilson at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Residence Port Washington,
Long Island, New York.
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Claggett Wilson

Claggett Wilson at Ten Chimneys, 1939.

Claggett Wilson

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An American marine, a German horse, and a French saddle.

In Greece...the horse folds up.

A British hunt. The horse deserts...he follows the hounds in a chase.

Burs under a saddle in a cowboy adventure...not on a dude ranch.

"Horse Nonsense" by Claggett Wilson
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Article from The SPUR, February 1920
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Town & Country, February 1920
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Town & Country, February 1920
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Article from Arts & Decoration, February 20th, 1920
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Article from Town & Country, March 1922
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Article from Town & Country, May 1st, 1922
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Article from Town & Country, February 1923
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Article from Town & Country, October 1st, 1924
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Article from Town & Country, June 1926
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Town & Country, June 1927
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The American Hebrew, October 7, 1927
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Town & Country, March 1928
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Time Magazine, October 1928
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Article from Town & Country, December 1, 1928
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Article from Town & Country, April 1938
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Country Life, July 1938
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Antiques, July 1942
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A must read
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(Elsie de Wolfe - bio)

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(view related link: Image of "Portrait of a Boxer"
- 1945, Claggett Wilson - in Madonna's NYC apartment)

Wilson Coat of Arms

Gloves gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Claggett Wilson, 1946

A Pageant of The Thirteenth Century for the Seven Hundredth Anniversary of Roger Bacon.

Time Magazine Cover, March 24th, 1923. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Translation of Letter requesting permission
to paint a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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Original letter requesting permission to
paint a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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