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William H. Clapp - Wikipedia

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William H. Clapp

Born	William Henry Clapp October 29, 1879 Montreal, Canada
Died	April 21, 1954 Oakland, California, U.S.
Education	Académie Julian Académie de la Grande Chaumière Académie Colarossi
Occupation	Painter
Spouse	Gertrude Clapp

William H. Clapp (October 29, 1879 - April 21, 1954) was a Canadian-American painter and art curator. He was a member of the Society of Six in Oakland, California, and an Impressionist landscape painter. He was also the curator of the Oakland Art Gallery.

Life

Clapp was born on October 29, 1879, in Montreal, Canada.^[1]^[2] He was born a U.S. citizen as both his parents were American.^[2] He moved with his family to Oakland, California in 1885, but returned to Montreal in 1900 to study with William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal. Fellow students included Clarence Gagnon and Henri Hébert and the three artists moved to Paris in the fall of 1904.^[3] In Paris, he spent four years, and attended the Académie Julian, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Académie Colarossi, and was introduced to Fauvism. In 1906, he exhibited his work at the Salon d'Automne.^[1]^[4]

In France, his style was transformed into a personal form of Impressionism, verging on Pointillism, depicting the way in which he experienced and saw the world. He became mostly known for his brilliant, high-keyed, colourful landscapes inspired by Monet and for his interest in painting the figure, mostly academic-influenced and idealized nudes. In 1907, he travelled to Belgium and Spain, where he studied in Madrid with William Laparra and regularly visited the Prado Museum. Returning to Montreal in 1908, Clapp brought with him his innovative interpretation of Impressionism, applying it to Canadian subject matter, which received mixed and uncomprehending reactions from critics and the public^[1] but at the Art Association of Montreal's Spring Exhibition in 1908 he shared the Jessie Dow Prize with Helen McNicoll.^[3]

After exhibiting his work in Montreal in a solo exhibition in 1914, he left Canada and lived in Cuba from 1915 to 1917, then moved to Oakland, California, where he co-founded the Society of Six with Selden Connor Gile, August Gay, Maurice Logan, Louis Siegriest, and Bernard von Eichman, and he wrote their manifesto.^[5]^[6] From 1918 to 1952, he curated the Oakland Art Gallery, where he sold their paintings.^[4]^[5] Clapp was a member of the Canadian Art Club and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.^[1]^[4]

Clapp resided in Piedmont, California, with his wife Gertrude. He died on April 21, 1954, in Oakland, California, at age 74.^[4] His artwork can be seen at the Smithsonian American Art Museum^[2] and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Boas, Nancy (1998). The Society of Six: California Colorists. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 45–51. ISBN 9780520210554. OCLC 35762633.
^ ^a ^b ^c "William Henry Clapp". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Hill, Charles C. "Article". cowleyabbott.ca. Cowley Abbott Auction. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "William H. Clapp, Oakland Art Museum Curator, Dies". Oakland Tribune. April 21, 1954. p. 37. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Ballew Neff, Emily (2006). The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 112. ISBN 9780300114485. OCLC 185403849.
^ Newman, Joyce (August 21, 2008). "Early 20th-century artists inspired by California's colors". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. p. 22. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "William Henry Clapp". www.collections.mnbaq.org. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "Lawrence Jeppson - Obituary - Published in Deseret News October 15, 2019". www.legacy.com. Legacy.com and Deseret News. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

v t e Canadian Impressionism
Originators	Henri Beau William Blair Bruce William Brymner Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté Maurice Galbraith Cullen Helen Galloway McNicoll James Wilson Morrice Robert Wakeham Pilot
Patrons	Hugh Allan Richard Angus George Drummond James Ross Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona George Stephen William Cornelius Van Horne
Art dealers	Paul Durand-Ruel

v t e Impressionism
Originators	Frédéric Bazille Eugène Boudin Gustave Caillebotte Mary Cassatt Paul Cézanne Edgar Degas Armand Guillaumin Johan Jongkind Édouard Manet Claude Monet Berthe Morisot Camille Pissarro Pierre-Auguste Renoir Alfred Sisley
Patrons	Gustave Caillebotte Victor Chocquet Henry O. Havemeyer Ernest Hoschedé
Dealers	Paul Durand-Ruel Georges Petit Ambroise Vollard
Exhibitions	First Impressionist Exhibition
American artists	William Merritt Chase Frederick Carl Frieseke Childe Hassam Alphonse Maureau Willard Metcalf Lilla Cabot Perry Theodore Robinson Walter Elmer Schofield John Henry Twachtman Robert Vonnoh J. Alden Weir
Australian artists	Charles Conder E. Phillips Fox Elioth Gruner Frederick McCubbin Tom Roberts John Russell Arthur Streeton Walter Withers
Canadian artists	Henri Beau William Blair Bruce William Brymner Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté Maurice Cullen Helen Galloway McNicoll James Wilson Morrice Laura Muntz Lyall Robert Wakeham Pilot
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Other media	Music Literature French impressionist cinema
See also	Amsterdam Impressionism Boston School California Impressionism Decorative Impressionism Neo-Impressionism Pennsylvania Impressionism Post-Impressionism Synthetic impressionism The Ten
Related	Wilfrid de Glehn The Impressionists (2006 TV series) Louis Leroy Nadar Pays des Impressionnistes

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