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|  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 America declared
war -- he was allowed to return home but had to leave his paintings
behind. Back in Chicago, he painted Jackson Park, Chicago, which
is admirable for its successful rendering of full sunlight and its
clear depiction of space.
Source:
Richard H. Love and Michael Preston Worley, Ph. D. Reflections of
Reality: American Paintings from the Collection of John and Susan
Hainsworth, p. 24
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