Living with his father in a small town in Middlesex, South East England, Albert began to learn from James and started creating notable paintings of animals – namely horses – under the 19th century naïve style.
At the age of 17, Albert Clark had defined himself as a ‘naïve animal artist’ and was first recorded under the profession on the 1861 census.
Although he produced many portraits of cattle and dogs throughout his career, Albert's speciality – like his father's – lied in the portraiture of horses.
With these paintings being a well known amongst the Clark family, James produced a portrait entitled “The Runaway Horse” which he dedicated to Albert.
[2] Similarly, in later years, Albert reproduced his version of his father's painting under the new title “Breaking Loose” which he in turn dedicated to his son, William.