Clayton Pinkerton

Pinkerton was a Post War California artist who studied at Carmel Art Institute and the California College of the Arts and Crafts in 1952 – 1953. He later taught at The Richmond Art Center.
Selected Exhibitions
71st Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1952;
72nd Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1953;
73rd Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1954;
PACIFIC COAST ART, IIIrd Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1955;
First Pacific Coast Biennial Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art & California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 1955;
75th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1956;
CALIFORNIA PAINTERS, 40 Painters, Municipal Art Center, Long Beach, 1956;
78th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1959;
79th Annual Painting Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1960;
Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1960;, 61, 62, 63;
The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, 1958, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66; de Young Museum, San Francisco; Denver Art Museum; The Oakland Museum; San Francisco Museum of Art.