CLAUSEN, SIR GEORGE ), English painter, born in London, the son of a decorative artist. He attended the design classes at the South Kensington schools from 1867-73 with great success. He then worked in the studio of Edwin Long, R.A., and subsequently in Paris under Bouguereau and Robert-Fleury. His "Girl at the Gate" was acquired for the nation by the Chan trey Trustees and placed in the Tate gallery. He became R.A. in 1908 and was knighted in 1927. His series of lectures to the students of the Royal Academy schools was published as Six Lectures on Painting (1904), and Aims and Ideals in Art (1906).