Clinton Adams: A Pioneer of Lithography and Landscape Painting Clinton Adams (December 11, 1918 – May 13, 2002) was an American artist and art historian whose legacy rests primarily on his groundbreaking contributions to lithography and his evocative depictions of the American West. Born in Glendale, California, he embarked on a multifaceted artistic journey that spanned decades of exploration across various mediums—oil painting, watercolor, etching, and crucially, the collaborative process of printmaking—leaving an indelible mark on both the art world and the cultural landscape of New Mexic…