Clark was a talented musician (allegedly the first person in Chicago to play the saxophone) and sculptor.June Provines, "Front Views and Profiles", Chicago Daily Tribune, Dec. 10, 1934, p. 19 His brother, Alson Skinner Clark, was an early American impressionist and went on to be one of the founders of the "California School" of en plein aire painters.Deborah Salon, An American Impressionist: The Art and Life of Alson Skinner Clark (Manchester, Hudson Hills Press, 2005)
