William Lionel Clause (7 May 1887 – 9 September 1946) was an English artist.

Early life

Born in

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, the son of William H. Clause and his wife Minna, Clause was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and at the

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, where he was taught by Professors Frederick Brown and

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.CLAUSE, William Lionel
in ''Who Was Who 1920–2007''; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 6 May 2008 He married Lucy Sampson, the elder daughter of Professor R. A. Sampson,

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, and they had one daughter.

Career

Primarily a landscape painter in oil and watercolour, Clause exhibited at the

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and the

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. He lived in London and found many of his subjects near home. Clause is represented in many public collections. Seven of his drawings were acquired by the Contemporary Art Society and several by the

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for the National Gallery. He is represented by three works in

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, two in Bradford, one in Leamington, and one in Carlisle. Beyond his work as a painter, Clause was Honorary Secretary of the

and was also a member of the

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. At the time of his death in 1946, he was living at 16, New End Square, Hampstead, London.

References

External links

William Lionel Clause
on artnet.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Clause, William Lionel 20th-century English painters English male painters 1887 births 1946 deaths Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art People educated at Gresham's School People from Heysham English landscape painters 20th-century English male artists