George Clare (1830-1900)

George Clare (1830-1900) Clare was a Birmingham artist having a studio there that his son Oliver later took over when his father moved to London towards the end of his life. He specialised in still life paintings of fruit, flowers and birds nests in a natural setting and was one of three artists to popularize painting birds nests along with William Hunt 1829-1875 and William Dexter 1818-1860. George Clare’s paintings reflect the enormous popularity of the highly defined works of the Pre-Raphaelites who were becoming prominent at this time. George exhibited at the Royal Academy during 1864, 1866 and 1867, The Royal Society of British Artists and The British Institution regularly throughout his career until 1874 when there are no further records of him exhibiting again.

Exhibited: Birmingham - 35, Dudley Gallery - 2, Fine Art Society - 6, Liverpool - 52, Manchester - 14, New Gallery - 2, Royal Academy - 14, Royal Society British Artists - 310, Royal Hibernian Academy - 19, Royal Institute Oil Painters - 26, Royal Scottish Academy - 2.