Sir George Clausen, R.A. Preferred Media: Painting and mural painting Born: 18 April 1852 in London, England, United Kingdom Died: 22 November 1944 Nationality: British Category of Membership: Painter Elected A.R.A: 24 Jan 1895 Elected R.A: 23 Jan 1908 Elected Senior R.A: 13 Dec 1927 Teaching Post: Master of the Painting School 1926-1927 Professor of Painting 1903-1906 Biography He was temporarily appointed Director of the Royal Academy Schools and Master of the Painting School after Charles Sims R.A.'s resignation. Clausen’s Residences 1852- ca.1874 8, William Street, Regent’s Park, London (born here) ca.1874-1875 9, Stafford Terrace, Fulham, London 1875-1876 19, Moore Park Road, Fulham, London 1876/7-1881 4, The Mall, Park Road, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London 1881-1884 Childwick Green, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire 1884-May 1885 22 London Road, St. Albans May 1885-1891 Grove House, Cookham Dean, Berkshire (rents this house) 1891-1905 Bishop House, Widdington, near Newport, Essex 1905-1944 61, Carlton Hill, St. John’s Wood, London (keeps this house after the move to Cold Ash, but never uses the studio again) 1917-1931 'Hillside', Duton Hill, Essex (buys this house as a country retreat. In 1931 he gifts it to his son, Hugh, but continues to visit until his death) 1932-1939 Returns to London where 61, Carlton Hill becomes his permanent residence once more 1939-1944 Cold Ash, Newbury, Berkshire (moves here to escape the bombings of London during the Second World War. Hi eldest daughter, Margaret [Meg] lived at Cold Ash. He dies here)   Works of Art: 156 Books: 1 Archives: 19

Study for the male figure... ca. 1882-3 George Clausen	Study of a woman carrying... 1874 George Clausen	Study of an old man... probably mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of blossoming trees in... 1891 George Clausen	Study of wooden houses on... probably mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Still life with tulips probably 1920s/30s George Clausen
Study for a self-portrait probably early-mid 1880s George Clausen	'A Farmyard' 1893 George Clausen	Study of wooden houses (Holland) mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a young girl... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a religious statue... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a calvary on... mid-late 1870s George Clausen
Sketch of a seated Dutch... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a boy wearing... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of wooden houses (Holland) mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a beach with... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of sailing boats on... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of two women engaged... mid-late 1870s George Clausen
Study of a Dutch woman... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a Dutch woman... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of wooden houses (Holland) mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a Dutch girl... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Landscape with hayfield and poplars probably 1920s George Clausen	Study of two young Dutch... mid-late 1870s George Clausen
View of a lady in... 1881 George Clausen	Study of a Dutch peasant... late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a Flemish interior... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a young Dutch... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of a young girl ca. 1875/6 George Clausen	Studies of Dutch women relating... ca. 1875/6 George Clausen
Studies of hoeing figures ca. 1906 George Clausen	Study of a standing male... ca. 1906 George Clausen	Study of a boy standing... ca. 1884/5 George Clausen	Study of a man ploughing... ca. 1884/5 George Clausen	Study of a young girl,... ca. 1884/5 George Clausen	Study of a girl holding... ca. 1884/5 George Clausen
Compositional study featuring children in... ca. 1884/5 George Clausen	Compositional study for 'The Student' ca. 1909 George Clausen	Study of a group of... ca. 1901/02? George Clausen	Study of a pair of... ca. 1885-6 George Clausen	Study of a boy's head,... 22 July 1890 George Clausen	probably ca. 1890 George Clausen
Study of a man wearing... probably ca. 1895 George Clausen	Study of a seated girl... probably ca. 1885/6 George Clausen	Compositional study relating to 'Little... ca. 1885 George Clausen	View across a field towards... probably ca. 1881 George Clausen	Study of a bench relating... ca. 1881 George Clausen	Figure study relating to 'The... ca. 1885 George Clausen
View of trees beside a... ca. 1885 George Clausen	Study of a female figure... probably ca. 1882 George Clausen	Preparatory study for 'Stonepickers (Midday)' ca. 1882 George Clausen	Study of a woman holding... ca. 1882-3 George Clausen	Study of the head of... ca. 1905 George Clausen	Study of a boy balancing... probably ca. 1904 George Clausen
Life drawing of a standing... ca. 1874 George Clausen	Study of two women in... ca. 1878 George Clausen	Study of a female figure... ca. 1882 George Clausen	Study of a man turning... ca. 1883 George Clausen	Self-portrait ca. 1882-3 George Clausen	Study of a man sowing... ca. 1882-3 George Clausen
Compositional study relating to 'Harvest' ca. 1895 George Clausen	Study of a book for... ca. 1925-7 George Clausen	Study of a house frontage ca. 1885-6 George Clausen	Compositional study for 'Going to... ca. 1898 George Clausen	Study of a girl and... late 1890s/ early 1900s George Clausen	Compositional study for 'Autumn Morning:... probably 1920s George Clausen
View of a lane with... probably 1920s/30s George Clausen	Compositional study for 'A Sunny... ca. 1938 George Clausen	Study relating to 'Autumn Morning:... probably 1920s George Clausen	Study of a tree and... probably 1920s/30s George Clausen	Compositional study for 'Clark's Cottage,... probably 1920s/30s George Clausen	Compositional study for 'Clark's Cottage,... probably 1920s/30s George Clausen
Study with cottages and trees... probably ca. 1936 George Clausen	Study of a thatched cottage... 1927 George Clausen	Landscape study with roadside cottages probably 1920s George Clausen	Landscape study, relating to 'Potato... probably between 1920 and 1928 George Clausen	Study of a young girl... mid-late 1870s George Clausen	Study of the figure of... ca. 1892 George Clausen
Study of a boy's head ca. 1890 George Clausen	Study of a streetscene with... probably mid-late 1870s George Clausen	A piece of agricultural machinery... late 1860s/early 1870s George Clausen	Drawing of a linen press between 1867 and 1873 George Clausen	Study of a bending male... ca. 1883 George Clausen	ca. 1899 George Clausen
Study for 'The Old Reaper' ca. 1909 George Clausen	Design for a war medallion probably ca. 1919 George Clausen	View of buildings and canals... 1 September, 1874 George Clausen	View of The Beguinage, Bruges 31 August, 1874 George Clausen	Study for 'A Little Child' ca. 1888 George Clausen	Landscape sketch with rain shower probably 1920s/30s George Clausen
Study of a church in... September, 1932 George Clausen	Drawing after 'Evening Song' 1893 George Clausen	Study of a young boy probably ca. 1903-4 George Clausen	Drawing after 'Crow Starving' ca. 1885 George Clausen	Drawing after the engraving, Noli... probably early-mid 1900s George Clausen	Landscape study relating to the... 1906 George Clausen
Drawing after a composition featuring... probably early 1890s George Clausen	Drawing after 'Shepherd with a... ca. 1883 George Clausen	Study of a woman's head... ca. 1914 George Clausen	Study of the head of... 1920s/30s George Clausen	Study of the head of... 11 June, 1928 George Clausen	Study of a female head... ca. 1925-7 George Clausen
Study of a female head,... ca. 1935 George Clausen	Study of a head for... ca. 1933 George Clausen	Study for 'A Dancer' ca. 1929 George Clausen	Sketch of the head of... probably 1920s/30s George Clausen	Study of a lady's head probably ca. 1912 George Clausen	Study of a child's head 22 November, 1909 George Clausen
Study for 'The Village Inn... ca. 1920 George Clausen	A view of the Tower... George Clausen	View of the Ponte di... May, 1908 George Clausen	Cottages at Finchingfield, July 1907 July 1907 George Clausen	Study for 'The Big Chimneys,... ca. 1910 George Clausen	View of boats on the... probably ca. 1910/1911 George Clausen
Compositional study for 'The Shot... ca. 1914 George Clausen	Thatched cottages and gardens George Clausen	A figure carrying a bundle... George Clausen	View of an orchard probably early-mid 1880s George Clausen	Cloud study George Clausen	'Night' ca. 1904 George Clausen
Study for 'Night' ca. 1904 George Clausen	Drawing after 'Boy Trimming a... 1890 George Clausen	Drawing after a composition of... possibly ca. 1891 George Clausen	Drawing after 'Boys Making a... 1892 George Clausen	Drawing after 'Going Home' 1898 George Clausen	Study for 'The Little Cottages' ca. 1929 George Clausen
Study for 'Sunset on Duton... ca. 1925 George Clausen	Study for 'Willow Tree Farm' late 1920s George Clausen	'The Garden of the Lower... 1884 George Clausen	Landscape with snow, Carency probably late January 1919 George Clausen	'St Albans, October' (tree in... early-mid 1880s George Clausen	'Childwick, September'Childwick Sept early-mid 1880s George Clausen
Compositional study for 'Sunrise in... 4 September 1923 George Clausen	Compositional study for 'Sunrise in... 7 September 1923 George Clausen	Study of feet for 'The... ca. 1925-7 George Clausen	Study of a male figure... ca. 1925-7 George Clausen	Study of a male figure... ca. 1925-7 George Clausen	Study of an old woman... September 1925 George Clausen
Study of a woman carrying... ca. 1919-20 George Clausen	Study of a woman's head... ca. 1919-20 George Clausen	Watercolour study of a barn... ca. 1916 George Clausen	Sketch of a seated man... ca. 1908 George Clausen	Sketch of a seated man... ca. 1908 George Clausen	Figure study for 'The Barn... ca. 1911 George Clausen
A study of sacks and... George Clausen	Figure study for 'The Barn... ca. 1911 George Clausen	Study of the boy for... ca. 1900 George Clausen	Study of the boy's face... ca. 1900 George Clausen	ca. 1880 George Clausen	Portrait of Stanhope Forbes, R.A. 1915 George Clausen
Interior of an Old Barn 1908 George Clausen	Portrait of Agnes Mary Webster 1882 George Clausen	Self-portrait of Sir George Clausen,... 1882 George Clausen	Portrait of Mark Fisher, R.A. 1900 George Clausen

Las Hilanderas ca. 1857 Edwin Long

Sir George Clausen, R.A. c. 1920s Unidentified photographer

Mander, Karel van   Het Schilder Boeck waerin Voor eerst de Leerlustige-Jeught den gront der Edele Vrye Schilderkonst in verscheyden deelen wort voor-gedragen. Daer na in drij deelen t'leven der vermaerde Doorluchtighe Schilders des Ouden ende Nieuwen Tydts. Eyndlyck d'uytlegginghe op den Metamorphoseon Pub Ovidij Nasonis. Met d'uytbeeldinge der Figueren, Alles dienstich ende nut den Schilders, Const-beminders onde Dichters, en alle andere Staten van menschen. Door Karel van Mander Schilder Hier is op nieu byge-voecht het leven des Autheurs. - T'Amsterdam Anno - 1618    06/3878

CL/3/8    Notes on the completion of the scheme of mural decoration for St. Stephen's Hall, Westminster    [c.1927]    Item

SP/1/95    George Clausen, Waddington, Newport, to Spielmann    31 Jan 1895    Item

SP/1/80    E.T. Cook, Pall Mall Gazette, Northumberland Street, Strand, to Spielmann    13 Aug 1886    Item

SP/1/4    George Clausen, St. Albans, to "an Outsider"    5 Jul 1885    Item

RAA/LIB/10/1/2    George Clausen, 61 Carlton Hill, to [Rhoda] Dawson    22 Feb 1923    Item

RAA/SEC/10/85/4    W R M Lamb, Royal Academy of Arts, London, W., to [G. A.] Storey    30 Jun 1916    Item

RAA/SEC/10/2    Correspondence from George Clausen, RA    1886-1925    Sub-series

RAA/SEC/24/18/2    Typescript drafts of statement on mural decorative art    1922    File

RAA/SEC/24/18/1    Draft of statement concerning proposed exhibition of decorative art    1922    File

CL    Sir George Clausen, papers    1885-1940    Fonds

RAA/SEC/17/17    Papers relating to the storage of works during World War II    1939-1945    File

RAA/SEC/6/21/1    Jacob Epstein, 72 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, S. W., to the Secretary    19 Jul 1912    Item

RAA/SEC/6/11/1    Kenneth Clark, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, to Sir Walter Lamb    24 Nov 1944    Item

RAA/SEC/12/5    Letter from Sir George Clausen, RA    1944    Sub-series

RAA/SEC/4/26    Correspondence from Sir George Clausen, RA    1895-1944    Sub-series

EJP/23    Edward J. Poynter, 70 Addison Road, to Riviere    20 Jun 1917    Item

RAA/PC/6/11/1    Papers of the committee on artists' materials and the treatment of pictures    1923-1927    File

RAA/PC/6/5/1    Papers of the Schools Committee    1943-1945    File

RAA/PC/1/23    Council minutes. vol. 23    14 Jan 1913 - 02 May 1918    Item