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Birth
1852 (London, England)
Death
1944 (Newbury, Berkshire, England)
Lived/Active
Illinois / United Kingdom/England
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figure, landscape, and peasant genre paintings, etching, drypoint
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A painter who earned much distinction for his landscape and modern-day
peasant genre scenes, George Clausen also painted portraits and still
life.
Like the impressionists, Clausen subscribed to the idea that light was the
most important subject of a painting, but his work, often with
sparkling sunlight, was realist in style.
He was born in London and spent most of his career in that
city. He was elected a full member to the Royal Academy in 1906,
and was knighted a (showing 500 of 1626 characters). |
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