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Sir George Clausen RA (18 April 1852 – 22 November 1944) was a British artist working in oil and watercolour, etching, mezzotint, dry point and occasionally lithographs. He was knighted in 1927.[1]

George Clausen
George Clausen, Self portrait
Born18 April 1852
London, England
Died22 November 1944(1944-11-22) (aged 92)
Cold Ash, Newbury, Berkshire, England
Alma mater
  • South Kensington Schools
  • Académie Julian
Known forpainting

Biography


George Clausen was born in London on 18 April 1852, the son of a decorative artist of Danish descent and a Scottish mother. From 1867 to 1873, he attended the design classes at the South Kensington Schools in London with great success. He then worked in the studio of Edwin Long RA, and subsequently in Paris under Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian.[2][3] He was an admirer of the naturalism of the painter Jules Bastien-Lepage about whom he wrote in 1888 and 1892.

Clausen 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.[4] His pictures excel in rendering the appearance of things under flecking outdoor sunlight, or in the shady shelter of a barn or stable. His Girl at the Gate was acquired by the Chantrey Trustees and is now at the Tate Gallery.[3][5] The Yale Center for British Art holds Clausen's Schoolgirls (1880),[6] an urban scene, which it featured in its exhibit called "Britain in the World: 1860-Now."[7]

Other landscapes included "The Fields in June" (1914) and "Midsummer Dawn" (1921). For the Imperial War Museum he painted the large, broadly decorative, "Gun Factory at Woolwich Arsenal" (1919). His decorative work also included "Renaissance" (1915) and decorations for the Hall at High Royd, Huddersfield, consisting of life-size figures in lunettes.[8]

Clausen was a founding member of the New English Art Club in 1886. In 1895, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, and a full Academician in 1906.[9] He was elected as the Master of the Art Workers' Guild in 1909.[10] As Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy he gave a memorable series of lectures to the students of the Schools, published as Six Lectures on Painting (1904) and Aims and Ideals in Art (1906).[3][2]

Clausen was an official war artist during World War I. During the war his daughter's fiancé was killed; this event may have inspired his painting, Youth Mourning which shows a distressed young woman mourning in a desolate landscape.[11][12] Clausen also contributed six lithographs on the theme Making Guns for the Government published print portfolio Britain's Efforts and Ideals.[13]

In 1921 Clausen was an original member of the Society of Graphic Art and showed his work in their first exhibition.


References


  1. "Artist biography, George Clausen R.A". Tate. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. Ian Chilvers (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860476-9.
  3. Chisholm 1911.
  4. Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
  5. "Catelogue entry, The Girl at the Gate". Tate. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. Clausen, George (1880). "Schoolgirls". Yale Center for British Art. Retrieved 22 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Yale Center for British Art (2019). Britain in the world : highlights from the Yale Center for British Art : in honor of Amy Meyers. Amy R. W. Meyers, Martina Droth, Nathan Flis, Michael Hatt. New Haven, CT. ISBN 978-0-300-24747-3. OCLC 1088665967.
  8. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Clausen, George" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 30 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 701.
  9. Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  10. Kenneth McConkey (1980). Sir George Clausen, R.A. 1852-1944. p. 78. ISBN 9780905974040.
  11. Art from the First World War. Imperial War Museum. 2008. ISBN 978-1-904897-98-9.
  12. Imperial War Museum. "First World War archive, George Clausen". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  13. Mari Gordon, ed. (2014). The Great War:Britain's Efforts and Ideals. Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales. ISBN 9780720006278.

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[de] George Clausen

Sir George Clausen RA (* 18. April 1852 in London; † 22. November 1944 in Cold Ash, Newbury (Berkshire)) war ein britischer Landschaftsmaler und Grafiker, der stark vom Impressionismus beeinflusst war.
- [en] George Clausen

[fr] George Clausen

George Clausen, né le 18 avril 1852 à Londres et mort le 22 novembre 1944 dans la même ville, est un peintre et graveur britannique.

[it] George Clausen

Sir George Clausen, RA (Londra, 18 aprile 1852 – Newbury, 22 novembre 1944), è stato un pittore inglese, noto anche come incisore e acquerellista.

[ru] Клаузен, Джордж

Джордж Клаузен (иногда встречается Джордж Клосен, англ. George Clausen, 18 апреля 1852, Лондон, Великобритания — 22 ноября 1944, Колд Аш  (англ.) (рус., Великобритания) — английский живописец, акварелист и гравёр[1].


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