Sir George Clausen
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Sir George Clausen
by Sir George Clausen
Pen and black ink on white paper, 1895
8 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. (210 mm x 140 mm) overall
NPG 3041
Inscriptionback to top
Signed and dated in black ink: ‘G.C.’ (lower left) and ‘1895’ (lower right);
with illegible pencil inscription along top and printer’s markings on each edge and back. On back, inscr. in faded brown ink: ‘George Clausen / Jany. 30th 1895’.
This portraitback to top
This drawing illustrates Walter Armstrong’s article in the Magazine of Art marking Clausen’s election as ARA, [1] and was probably produced for that purpose, at the request of the editor Marion Harry Spielmann. It is one of a number of sober, self-scrutinizing self-portraits produced throughout Clausen’s career. His guiding principle was to ‘paint a thing simply and as one sees it’, [2] and the observation made of the 1920 self-portrait (see ‘All known portraits’), that ‘it has written all over it the unswerving sincerity of the man which is implicit in every picture he has painted’, [3] may also be applied to the present work.
Dr Jan Marsh
Physical descriptionback to top
Head-and-shoulders to right, bearded, balding, with white shirt collar and tie, black jacket collar.
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