A wonderful impressionist painting of palm trees in Cuba, by Canadian-American artist William Henry Clapp.
Clapp was born in Canada, and moved with his family to Oakland, California in 1885. He returned to Montreal in 1900 to study at the Art Association of Montreal. Clapp moved to Paris in the fall of 1904 where he spent four years studying art. He attended the Académie Julian, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Académie Colarossi. In France he developed a personal form of Impressionism with strong influences of Pointillism. From here on he became known for his brilliantly colorful landscapes, inspired by Monet. In 1907, he travelled to Belgium and Spain, where he studied in Madrid.
Clapp returned again to Canada, where he contunued to study and exhibit his works. He then moved to Cuba from 1915 to 1917. He settled back in the San Francisco Bay Area where he co-founded the Society of Six, with Selden Connor Gile, August Gay, Maurice Logan, Louis Siegriest, and Bernard von Eichman.
This work was created while Clapp was living in Cuba. It is unsigned, which it typical for works from this time period.

Price  $7500

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