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Robert Clunie BIOGRAPHY
1895 Eaglesham, Scotland - 1984 Bishop, California. Known for: Dramatic landscape painting.
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher, December 2022:. Clunie, Robert (1895-1984) (Santa Paula / Bishop). Robert Clunie grew up in Scotland, immigrated to America and set up in... Read full biography
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher, December 2022:. Clunie, Robert (1895-1984) (Santa Paula / Bishop). Robert Clunie grew up in Scotland, immigrated to America and set up in Michigan. He took his first train trip to Pasadena in January 1918, ultimately got a job painting signs on... Read full biography
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher, December 2022:. Clunie, Robert (1895-1984) (Santa Paula / Bishop). Robert Clunie grew up in Scotland, immigrated to America and set up in Michigan. He took his first train trip to Pasadena in January 1918, ultimately got a job painting signs on creamery trucks and explored LA. Deafness in one ear exempted him from military service in WWI. He applied for citizenship and decided to remain in California, but he had to return to Michigan, and... Read full biography
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher, December 2022:. Clunie, Robert (1895-1984) (Santa Paula / Bishop). Robert Clunie grew up in Scotland, immigrated to America and set up in Michigan. He took his first train trip to Pasadena in January 1918, ultimately got a job painting signs on creamery trucks and explored LA. Deafness in one ear exempted him from military service in WWI. He applied for citizenship and decided to remain in California, but he had to return to Michigan, and that fateful train trip took him through the Sierra Nevada where he was thrilled artistically with the mountains. In October 1918 he returned to California by car with his brother via Taos, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, across the desert to San Bernardino and... Read full biography
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher, December 2022:. Clunie, Robert (1895-1984) (Santa Paula / Bishop). Robert Clunie grew up in Scotland, immigrated to America and set up in Michigan. He took his first train trip to Pasadena in January 1918, ultimately got a job painting signs on creamery trucks and explored LA. Deafness in one ear exempted him from military service in WWI. He applied for citizenship and decided to remain in California, but he had to return to Michigan, and that fateful train trip took him through the Sierra Nevada where he was thrilled artistically with the mountains. In October 1918 he returned to California by car with his brother via Taos, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, across the desert to San Bernardino and on to Long Beach. In Hollywood, he was hired as a movie artist by Metro but by 1921 he had married, settled in Santa Paula, built a... Read full biography
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Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher, December 2022:
Clunie, Robert (1895-1984) (Santa Paula / Bishop)
Robert Clunie grew up in Scotland, immigrated to America and set up in Michigan. He took his first train trip to Pasadena in January 1918, ultimately got a job painting signs on creamery trucks and explored LA. Deafness in one ear exempted him from military service in WWI. He applied for citizenship and decided to remain in California, but he had to return to Michigan, and that fateful train trip took him through the Sierra Nevada where he was thrilled artistically with the mountains.
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