The Lightning that Struck Rufo Barcliff

Inscription: Signed (lower left): Carroll Cloar

the artist, Memphis, Tenn. (1955–56; sold through the Alan Gallery, New York to MMA)

Memphis. Brooks Memorial Art Gallery. "Carroll Cloar," November 1955.

New York. Alan Gallery. "Carroll Cloar," January 31–February 25, 1956.

Little Rock, Ark. The Arkansas Art Center. "Oil Paintings by Carroll Cloar," December 2, 1956–January 31, 1957, no catalogue.

Memphis. Brooks Memorial Art Gallery. "A Decade of Painting: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Carroll Cloar," November 6–27, 1960, no. 14.

New York. American Academy of Arts and Letters. March 10–26, 1961.

Memphis. Brooks Memorial Art Gallery. "Carroll Cloar: Painter of the Mid-South," April 13–May 4, 1966; travelled to 10 additional institutions.

Art Gallery: State University of NY at Albany. "Carroll Cloar: A Selection of his Paintings," October 29–November 17, 1968, no. 10.

Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 14–June 9, 1991, no. 41.

Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 29–August 24, 1991, no. 41.

Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 41.

Tampa Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 14, 1991–February 8, 1992, no. 41.

Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 17–May 10, 1992, no. 41.

Madison, Wisc. Madison Art Center. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 2, 1992, no. 41.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 11–November 8, 1992, no. 41.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Direct Eye: Self-Taught Artists and Their Influence on Twentieth Century Art," June 19–October 18, 1998, no catalogue.

Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, not in brochure.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. "The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South," June 8–September 15, 2013, no. 9.

Athens. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. "The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South," October 5, 2013–January 5, 2014, no. 9.

Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South," February 28–June 1, 2014, no. 9.

Athens. Georgia Museum of Art. "Southern/Modern," June 17–December 10, 2023, unnumbered cat. (fig. 50).

Nashville. Frist Art Museum. "Southern/Modern," January 26–April 28, 2024, unnumbered cat.

Memphis, Tenn. Dixon Gallery and Gardens. "Southern/Modern: 1913–1955," July 14–September 29, 2024, unnumbered cat.

Charlotte, N.C. Mint Museum. "Southern/Modern," October 26, 2024–February 2, 2025, unnumbered cat.

Catalogue of Paintings by Carroll Cloar. Memphis, 1963, p. 10.

Guy Northrop. Hostile Butterflies and Other Paintings by Carroll Cloar. Memphis, 1977, pp. 31, 162, no. 62, ill. p. 58.

Lowery Stokes Sims in The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 111, 121–22, no. 41, ill. (color).

Robert Rosenblum in The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, p. 12.

Eliot Nusbaum. "Joslyn Hosts a Vivid Landscape Show." Des Moines Sunday Register (September 22, 1991), p. 7F.

Mary Ann Marger. "An Artistic Tribute to America." Tampa Bay Times (January 17, 1992), p. 32.

Stanton Thomas in The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South. Exh. cat., Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Little Rock, 2014, pp. 33, 187, no. 9, ill. p. 34 (color).