Paul Lewis Clemens (1911-1992)
Portrait, figure, genre and garden painter; born in Superior, Wisconsin on Oct. 29, 1911. Clemens studied at the University of Wisconsin with Oscar Hagen and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was based in Milwaukee when he exhibited on Treasure Island in 1939. He settled in Los Angeles about 1944 and remained until his death in Sherman Oaks on Aug. 20, 1992.
Exhibited:
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery
- Art Institute of Chicago, 1936-38, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945;
- Carnegie Institute, 1938, 1944-46;
- Golden Gate International Exhibition, 1939
- Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1954 (Juror)
- New York World's Fair, 1939
- National Academy of Design, 1942 (Altman prize), 1944 (prize), 1946
- Milwaukee Art Institute, 1936-37 (prizes)
- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1939, 1941
- Wisconsin Salon of Art, Madison, WI, 1935-36 (prizes)
- Whitney Museum of American Art 1938-40
- Corcoran Gallery, 1939, 1943
- Awards:
- Milwaukee Journal Prize, 1937
Work:
- United States War Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- University of Nebraska
- Milwaukee Art Institute
- Los Angeles Museum of Art
- Nelson Gallery
- Clark Museum, Williamstown, MA
- Butler Art Institute
Memberships:
- American Federation of Arts; established 1909 to circulate exhibitions throughout the U.S. Published the Magazine of Art
- California Art Club; Established 1909 in Los Angeles by the painters club, exhibited at the Los Angeles Museum of Art from 1913-1938
Back to available work