T. J. Clark

Who is T. J. Clark?

Timothy James Clark, often known as T.J. Clark, is an art historian and writer, born on April 12, 1943 in Bristol, England. He taught art history in a number of universities in England and the United States, including Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. He has been influential in developing the field of art history, examining modern paintings as an articulation of the social and political conditions of modern life. His orientation is distinctly leftist, and he has often referred to himself as a Marxist.