Paul Lewis Clemens

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