GEORGE CLARE
British (1835-1900)
George Clare was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England in 1835. He was a painter of fruit and flower pictures. He was said to live most of his life at 173 Bristol Street in Birmingham, England.
The Clare family, headed by George Clare, was a family of Victorian era artists who specialized in, and became famous for their highly finished and precisely detailed fruit and flower paintings. George had three sons, David, Oliver and Vincent, all except David were artists.
George Clare began to exhibit his first works in 1864 at the Royal Academy, The British Institution and at The Royal Society of British Artists. He continued to exhibit at these prestigious art venues until 1874.
The paintings of George Clare are very precise and detailed and display an influence from the Pre-Raphaelite artists, who among other things were deeply concerned with capturing their subjects in microscopic detail. Among his contemporaries were Thomas Worsey, John Sherrin and William Hull, all specialized in finely detailed still-life paintings.
George Clare died in Barnet, Hertfordshire in 1900. |
