George Clare (1835-1890): A Victorian Master of Still Life George Clare, born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England in 1835, was a British Victorian artist whose career blossomed during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Though overshadowed by his more famous brother, Frederic William Clare, George established himself as a respected painter specializing in meticulously rendered still lifes depicting fruit and flowers—a genre deeply rooted in Dutch Golden Age traditions. His artistic legacy resides primarily in these evocative depictions of natural beauty, reflecting a profound appreciati…