Sir George Clausen

{"Id":701,"Name":"Sir George Clausen","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECLAUSEN, GEORGE\u003C/strong\u003E (1852-1944), English painter, was born in London, the son of a decorative artist. He attended the design classes at the South Kensington schools from 1867-1873 with great success. He then worked in the studio of \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=828\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEdwin Long, RA.\u003C/a\u003E, and subsequently in Paris under \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=7\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBouguereau\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=162\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERobert-Fleury\u003C/a\u003E. He became one of the foremost modern painters of landscape and of peasant life, influenced to a certain extent by the impressionists with whom he shared the view that light is the real subject of landscape art. His pictures excel in rendering the appearance of things under flecking outdoor sunlight, or in the shady shelter of a barn or stable. His \u003Cu\u003EGirl at the Gate\u003C/u\u003E was acquired for the nation by the \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.speel.demon.co.uk/other/chantrey.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChantrey Trustees\u003C/a\u003E and is now at the National Gallery of British Art (\u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.tate.org.uk/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETate Gallery\u003C/a\u003E). He was elected associate of the \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.speel.demon.co.uk/royacad.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERoyal Academy\u003C/a\u003E in 1895, and as professor of painting gave a memorable series of lectures to the students of the schools, published as \u003Cu\u003ESix Lectures on Painting\u003C/u\u003E (1904) and \u003Cu\u003EAims and Ideals in Art\u003C/u\u003E (1906).\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://41.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CL/CLAUSEN_GEORGE.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":true,"HasLetters":true,"HasLibraryItems":true,"HasProducts":true,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":363}