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Clement Read Strudwick

Clement Read Strudwick grew up in Hillsborough, where his family returned when he was two, and studied at the university in Chapel Hill from 1918 to 1920 before becoming a portrait painter. He painted in a workshop built behind his parents' Hillsborough home, made a portrait of President Edward Kidder Graham, and was buried in the Hillsborough cemetery.

Source: NCpedia (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography): Strudwick, Clement Read

1900–1958 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Evelyn P. Lloyd slide show of "The Strudwicks: A family of artists", 1950s-1970s

Lloyd, Evelyn P. · 1954

Evelyn P. Lloyd assembled a slide show called 'The Strudwicks: A family of artists', about 130 items in a linear foot and a half made between the 1950s and the 1970s, in the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives at UNC, P0119. The pictures are set in Hillsborough and feature four Strudwicks: Shepperd the elder and the younger, Clement Read and Edmund.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Strudwick, Clement Read, 1900-1958.

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About 1902 Shepperd Strudwick brings his family back to Hillsborough Shepperd Strudwick, a native of Hillsborough, returned to the town with his family when his son Clement, born in Tennessee in April 1900, was two. People: Clement Read StrudwickSearch the index · NCpedia (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography): Strudwick, Clement Read
February 26, 1958 Portrait painter Clement Strudwick dies and is buried in Hillsborough Clement Read Strudwick, who had painted in a workshop behind his parents' Hillsborough home, died on February 26, 1958. His funeral was held in the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church and he was buried in the Hillsborough cemetery.Search the index · NCpedia (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography): Strudwick, Clement Read

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Hillsborough Presbyterian Church Churches and lodges · Hillsborough · 1 event here

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Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961) 1 entry: Shepperd Strudwick brings his family back to Hillsborough (About 1902)

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Background context: NCpedia: Clement Read Strudwick NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
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