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1852 London, England - 1944 Newbury, Berkshire, England. Known for: Figure, landscape, and peasant genre paintings, etching, drypoint.
A painter who earned much distinction for his landscape and modern-day peasant genre scenes, George Clausen also painted portraits and still life. Like the impressionists, Clausen subscribed to the... Read full biography
A painter who earned much distinction for his landscape and modern-day peasant genre scenes, George Clausen also painted portraits and still life. Like the impressionists, Clausen subscribed to the idea that light was the most important subject of a painting, but his work, often with sparkling... Read full biography
A painter who earned much distinction for his landscape and modern-day peasant genre scenes, George Clausen also painted portraits and still life. Like the impressionists, Clausen subscribed to the idea that light was the most important subject of a painting, but his work, often with sparkling sunlight, was realist in style. He was born in London, and spent most of his career in that city. He was elected a full member to the Royal Academy in 1906, and was knighted as Sir George Clausen in 1927.... Read full biography
A painter who earned much distinction for his landscape and modern-day peasant genre scenes, George Clausen also painted portraits and still life. Like the impressionists, Clausen subscribed to the idea that light was the most important subject of a painting, but his work, often with sparkling sunlight, was realist in style. He was born in London, and spent most of his career in that city. He was elected a full member to the Royal Academy in 1906, and was knighted as Sir George Clausen in 1927. His father, a decorative artist, was from Denmark, and his mother was Scottish. At age 14, he apprenticed to a London firm of decorators, Messrs Trollope, and while working there, attended the South Kensington Design School. Shortly after he earned... Read full biography
A painter who earned much distinction for his landscape and modern-day peasant genre scenes, George Clausen also painted portraits and still life. Like the impressionists, Clausen subscribed to the idea that light was the most important subject of a painting, but his work, often with sparkling sunlight, was realist in style. He was born in London, and spent most of his career in that city. He was elected a full member to the Royal Academy in 1906, and was knighted as Sir George Clausen in 1927. His father, a decorative artist, was from Denmark, and his mother was Scottish. At age 14, he apprenticed to a London firm of decorators, Messrs Trollope, and while working there, attended the South Kensington Design School. Shortly after he earned a two-year scholarship to that school. He also worked in the studio of Edwin Long, a Royal Academy member, whom... Read full biography
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