Hello dear Steemit friends ! My choice for today in the series " To Honor Old Masters " is Sir George Clausen, born 1852, plein-air figure and landscape painter of scenes of rural life, both in oil and watercolor.
'' The Girl at the Gate '', oil on canvas , Tate Gallery , Image Source
Clausen was born in London, a son of a Danish sculptor. He attended the South Kensington School in London with great success, later he visited Holland and Belgium, exhibiting his first picture at the Royal Academy in 1876. He also worked in Paris under Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury at the Academie Julian.
'' Bird Scaring '' , oil on canvas , Private collection , Image Source
'' A Ploughboy '' , oil on canvas , Private collection , Image Source
After Clausens return to London he began to paint the life of the agricultural labourer. Strongly influenced by Bastien-Lepage, he worked out of doors and was preoccupied with the effects of light, but at the same time retained solidity of form. He was especially interested in figures seen against the sun and spent much of his time in Essex sketching agricultural life.
'' The Mowers '' , oil on canvas , Usher Gallery , London , Image Source
In 1895, Clausen was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy and in 1904 Professor of painting. He also published ''Six Lectures on Painting ' and ''Aims and Ideals in Art''. He died at the grand old age of 92.
'' Gleaners Coming Home '' , oil on canvas , Tate Gallery , Image Source
'' The Stone Pickers '', oil on canvas , Laing Art Gallery , Newcastle upon Tyne , England , Image Source
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