Umbrella on Beach
Type:Painting
Size:15.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
William Clapp ART FOR SALE
1879 Montreal, Quebec Canada - 1954 Oakland, California. Known for: Landscape, genre and portrait painting, etching.
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He... Read full biography
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He was born in Montreal and moved to Oakland, California with his family in 1885 and lived there through... Read full biography
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He was born in Montreal and moved to Oakland, California with his family in 1885 and lived there through his childhood until the early 1900s when the family returned to Montreal. His only sister died when she was age seventeen from tuberculosis, and he was so deeply affected he continued to live with his... Read full biography
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He was born in Montreal and moved to Oakland, California with his family in 1885 and lived there through his childhood until the early 1900s when the family returned to Montreal. His only sister died when she was age seventeen from tuberculosis, and he was so deeply affected he continued to live with his parents until their deaths. He studied at the Montreal Art Association School with William Brymmer, the foremost teacher of the city, who, in turn, encouraged his students to study in Paris. Clapps's good friend was Clarence Gagnon, who later became... Read full biography
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He was born in Montreal and moved to Oakland, California with his family in 1885 and lived there through his childhood until the early 1900s when the family returned to Montreal. His only sister died when she was age seventeen from tuberculosis, and he was so deeply affected he continued to live with his parents until their deaths. He studied at the Montreal Art Association School with William Brymmer, the foremost teacher of the city, who, in turn, encouraged his students to study in Paris. Clapps's good friend was Clarence Gagnon, who later became a well-known expatriate painter, and they took numerous plein-air painting trips together. This experience was the first time Clapp had... Read full biography
William Clapp - Art for Sale (5 available)
Fire Light
Type:Painting
Size:15.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Original frame
Four Nudes in a Forest
Type:Painting
Size:14.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Country Lane
Type:Painting
Size:24.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Verso
Golden Hills and Isolated Oak
Type:Painting
Year:1879 - 1954
Size:24.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
A luminous example of William Clapp’s American Impressionism, with vibrant color and dynamic brushwork. Golden hills and a lone oak showcase his assured command of light. Blending Impressionist spontaneity with Post-Impressionist solidity, reflecting California modernism.