Many of the works of the British painter Sir George Clausen have one motif in common - the English landscape and the rural population that goes about their work. Clausen shows the hard work of the farmers, observes them sowing, mowing and harvesting or shows how the blacksmith goes about his sweaty work. He deals with the simple life of simple people and manages to create idyllic scenes. The landscapes Clausen shows in his paintings seem peaceful and are, one cannot say otherwise, simply beautiful. He often shows a wide sky, the clouds are moving, the grass is moving in the wind. His portraits of young women and girls are also enchanting, with an alert eye directly encountering that of the viewer.
George Clausen first learned his trade in London and was already a successful painter during his studies, working in the studio of the popular artist Edwin Long. Clausen also travelled to Holland and Belgium, where he studied the local artists and their works. Later he was drawn to Paris. There he was a student at the Académie Julian art school and a period began which would have a decisive influence on George Clausen and his work. Here, for example, he strongly oriented himself on the works of the painter Jules Bastien Lepage, who died young and who also chose the rural life of the farmers as his motif. George Clausen was also influenced by the rise of Impressionism. Inspired by the paintings Édouard Manets, Claude Monets or Alfred Sisleys, their influences are clearly evident in Clausen's work. He also played with light and shadow and experimented with wilder, freer brushstrokes. Clausen's work thus combines naturalism with romanticism and impressionism.
Clausen's motives changed with the outbreak of the First World War. Although the painter was not drafted, he was appointed an official martial artist. As one of the most important British artists of his time - he now even taught painting at the Royal Academy - he was to help the British government to carry out war propaganda and demonstrate the size and power of the kingdom. In gloomy black and white lithographs, for example, he shows the production of weapons of war. The contrast to his once light-flooded landscapes is extreme. And the darkness of war is also clearly visible in his paintings from this period. His landscapes are now greyer and duller, sadness has overtaken them.
1927 George Clausen is honoured for his life's work and merits and is knighted. Today his impressive works adorn museums and galleries worldwide.
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.jpg "A Village Maiden by George Clausen")
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.jpg "In the Orchard by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Schoolgirls, 1880 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Stone Pickers by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Haymaker: A Study in Shadows by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Our Blacksmith by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Little Rose by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Mowers by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Girl at the Gate, 1889, c1930 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Little Cottage by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Reading by Lamplight Twilight: Interior by George Clausen")
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.jpg "A Sheepfold, Early Morning by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Lion")
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.jpg "Self Portrait, 1912 by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1661437).jpg "Door of the Parthenon by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Duton Hill Sunset, 1938 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Watcher by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Portrait of Margaret Hilton Smith, Aged 15 by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-570031).jpg "Nude Study for the Boy and the Man by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Daisy Wreath - A Study in Low Light, 1890 by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-322662).jpg "St Paul")
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.jpg "Dusk, 1903 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Gleaners by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-892079).jpg "A Shady Spot by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Bird Scaring, March, 1896 by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-902680).jpg "The Shy Child, 1897, Reworked 1907 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Portrait of Thomas Okey, Master of the Art Workers Guild by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Shepherd with a Lamb, 1883 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "In the fields in June, 1914 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Old Reaper by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-229110).jpg "Hayfield, Widdington by George Clausen")
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.jpg "St. Paul")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-998375).jpg "Propping the Rick, c.1900 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "September Morning, The Fields by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1115705).jpg "The Window by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Harvest, Tying the Sheaves by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1661581).jpg "Pinks and Scabious by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Autumn Morning – Potato Harvest by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Girl in a field by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-390083).jpg "Windblown Landscape by George Clausen")
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_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-900657).jpg "Reading by Lamplight (Twilight: Interior) by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Two Girls Arranging Posies by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Return from the Fields by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Flower Seller, Trafalgar Square by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Willow Tree Farm, c.1928 by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1100491).jpg "Self Portrait, c.1895 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Ploughing, 1889-1935 by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-575026).jpg "Idleness by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Shepherd Boy, 1883 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Great Hammer by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Noon in the Hayfield by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Little Flowers of the Field, 1895 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "A Spring Morning, Haverstock Hill by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Autumn Flowers by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady Seated, Half Length in Profile Holding Two Pink Roses and Wearing a Pink Dress by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-891133).jpg "The Nut Brown Maid by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1511941).jpg "The Student by George Clausen")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-184623).jpg "Self Portrait, 1908 by George Clausen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-157101).jpg "Washerwomen, Holland by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Two Trees, c.1875-1935 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Visit by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Flowers in a Lustre Vase by George Clausen")
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.jpg "At the Back of the Barn by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Sunset by George Clausen")
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.jpg "British Industries, Coal by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Radial Crane by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Apple Blossom by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Primavera by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Clavering Church by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Turning a Big Gun by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Mowers, c1891, c1915 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Apple Blossom by George Clausen")
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.jpg "December by George Clausen")
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.jpg "A Winter Evening by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Building the Rick by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Bird Scaring by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Contemplation by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Orchard Scene, mid 1880s by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Binding Sheaves by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Cottage by Moonlight by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Henry Festing Jones by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Boy Trimming a Hedge by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Portrait of Margaret Hilton by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Miller")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1661436).jpg "Clavering Church by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Cottages on a Frosty Evening by George Clausen")
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.jpg "An Autumn Morning by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Normandy Peasant by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Shepherd Boy by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Little Rose by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Winter Morning by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Portrait of Albert Toft, 1913 by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Phyllis by George Clausen")
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.jpg "Little Haymakers, North Holland by George Clausen")
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.jpg "The Chinese Pot by George Clausen")
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.jpg "A Woman of the Fields by George Clausen")
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.jpg "A Little Child by George Clausen")
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