Clarence Henry Roe - Artist Info

About Clarence Henry Roe

  • Biography

    Clarence Henry Roe was the eldest son of Robert Henry Roe, a famous Victorian painter.


    Born in Birmingham in 1850, he later moved with his family to Hampstead in London. He lived in Scotland, but in 1860 settled in Yorkshire he would spend most of his life.


    The Roe family was composed of numerous artists with different specializations.


    Among these were the three brothers of Clarence, Robert Herbert, Percy, Colin Graeme and also one of his sisters, Eva Constance counted as a fine portraitist.


    Clarence's uncle, Alfred Frederick, better known as Fred Roe, was a remarkable artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy and was elected to the RBA in 1895. His landscapes are often set in the Sco...

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