William Clusmann, born in North Laporte, Indiana, exhibited a grand total of 156 works at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1889 and 1925. Then he became active in the Hoosier Salon (1925-1927).... Read full biography
William Clusmann, born in North Laporte, Indiana, exhibited a grand total of 156 works at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1889 and 1925. Then he became active in the Hoosier Salon (1925-1927). Clusmann was also a member of the Chicago Water Color Club and the Chicago Society of Artists. He was... Read full biography
William Clusmann, born in North Laporte, Indiana, exhibited a grand total of 156 works at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1889 and 1925. Then he became active in the Hoosier Salon (1925-1927). Clusmann was also a member of the Chicago Water Color Club and the Chicago Society of Artists. He was trained first under James Farrington Gookins (1840-1904) and Henry Fenton Spread (1844-1890), then in Munich under the Hungarian academic painter Gyula Benczúr. Weimer (1940, p. 434) surmised that... Read full biography
William Clusmann, born in North Laporte, Indiana, exhibited a grand total of 156 works at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1889 and 1925. Then he became active in the Hoosier Salon (1925-1927). Clusmann was also a member of the Chicago Water Color Club and the Chicago Society of Artists. He was trained first under James Farrington Gookins (1840-1904) and Henry Fenton Spread (1844-1890), then in Munich under the Hungarian academic painter Gyula Benczúr. Weimer (1940, p. 434) surmised that Clusmann came to Munich in July of 1880. In 1884, he won an Honorable Mention in Stuttgart, where he was studying briefly with Frederick Keller. The artist developed a lighter palette for his plein-air scenes of Chicago, such as Lincoln Park, Chicago... Read full biography
William Clusmann, born in North Laporte, Indiana, exhibited a grand total of 156 works at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1889 and 1925. Then he became active in the Hoosier Salon (1925-1927). Clusmann was also a member of the Chicago Water Color Club and the Chicago Society of Artists. He was trained first under James Farrington Gookins (1840-1904) and Henry Fenton Spread (1844-1890), then in Munich under the Hungarian academic painter Gyula Benczúr. Weimer (1940, p. 434) surmised that Clusmann came to Munich in July of 1880. In 1884, he won an Honorable Mention in Stuttgart, where he was studying briefly with Frederick Keller. The artist developed a lighter palette for his plein-air scenes of Chicago, such as Lincoln Park, Chicago (Private coll.). Clusmann happened to be in Germany again in 1917 when... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
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Midwestern Visions of Impressionism: 1890-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Massillon Museum
0 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
American Paintings from the Hainsworth Collection
2005
Love, Richard; Michael Worley, Ph.D
157 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Catalogue: Annual Exhibition John H. Vanderpoel Art Association (By Contributors to the Collection) (Exhibition catalog)
1940
Klug, William L (Introductory Essay)
64 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1925 American Art Annual