Clint Hamilton was born James Clinton Hamilton in Abilene, Texas in 1928. Hamilton showed early artistic talent and studied art at McMurry University while he attended high school. Upon graduation from Abilene High School in 1947, Hamilton moved
to Dallas.

For two years he worked designing and creating window displays for Sanger Brothers department store and studied figure drawing at Southern Methodist University where he was awarded a scholarship when one of his drawings won a competition sponsored by the Dallas Fine Arts Museum.

The Clinton Hamilton Foundation was established in June of 2005 according to the guidelines presented in the will of Jane Breed, a long time friend, collector and supporter of Clint Hamilton. The mission of the Clinton Hamilton Foundation is to document and curate the art of Clint Hamilton and to continue the artistic legacy of Clint Hamilton by providing assistance to artists currently working in collage and assemblage media.

For more information, please visit http://www.clinthamilton.org