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See also:GEORGE See also:CLAUSEN (1852- ) , See also:English painter, was See also:born in See also:London, the son of a decorative artist . He attended the See also:design classes at the See also:South See also:Kensington See also:schools from 1867-1873 with See also:great success . He then worked in the studio of See also:Edwin See also:Long, R.A., and subsequently in See also:Paris under See also:Bouguereau and See also:Robert-See also:Fleury . He became one of the foremost See also:modern painters of landscape and of See also:peasant See also:life, influenced to a certain extent by the impressionists with whom he shared the view that See also:light is the real subject of landscape See also:art . His pictures excel in rendering the See also:appearance of things under flecking outdoor sunlight, or in the shady shelter of a See also:barn or See also:stable . His " Girl at the See also:Gate " was acquired for the nation by the See also:Chantrey Trustees and is now at the See also:National See also:Gallery of See also:British Art (See also:Tate Gallery) . He was elected See also:associate of the Royal See also:Academy in 1895, and as See also:professor of See also:painting gave a memorable See also:series of lectures to the students of the schools,—published as Six Lectures on Painting (1904) and Aims and Ideals in Art (1906) . |
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