GEORGE

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• GEORGE CLAUSEN (1852- )

CLAUSEN (1852- )  , 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 Edwin Long, R.A., and subsequently in Paris under Bouguereau and Robert-Fleury . 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 " Girl at the Gate " was acquired for the nation by the Chantrey Trustees and is now at the National Gallery of British Art (Tate Gallery) . He was elected associate of the Royal Academy in 1895, and as professor of painting 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) .