Pegg Clarke

Pegg Clarke (c. 1890 – 1959) was an Australian professional fashion, portrait, architectural and society photographer whose work, published frequently in magazines, was referred to by historian Jack Cato as being of "the highest standard."

Quotes

• "Pegg Clarke (Melbourne) has made of photography a consummate art. On gazing at her photographs, several of what one might aptly term "treescapes" having a soft melting grace reminiscent of a Corot without colouring, makes it absolutely indifferent to academic discussions of whether photography is an art or a craft."
  • Miss Clarke's Art With Camera". The Herald. No. 18, 567. Victoria, Australia. 17 November 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia. Accessed 12 April 2025.
• "Only an artist could make such pictures by camera as those by Pegg Clarke, a very beautiful sample of which (Mist on the Mountains) was hung, in the London Salon, 1921."
  • Miss Clarke's Art With Camera". The Herald. No. 18, 567. Victoria, Australia. 17 November 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia. Accessed 12 April 2025.
• "Miss Clarke has an eye for something other than the merely picturesque, and most of our painters might study the composition of these carefully-selected subjects with profit. Some of the Australian photographs, in particular, should make our realistic painters sit up and take notice."
  • Miss Clarke's Art With Camera". The Herald. No. 18, 567. Victoria, Australia. 17 November 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia. Accessed 12 April 2025.