Clayton Harold

Harold Clayton was a British painter best known for his depictions of flower arrangements in ornate vases, painted with the detailed techniques and centered compositions of 16th-century Dutch and Flemish floral still-life painters like Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder. Born in 1896 in London, England, Clayton went on to study both at Hornsey College of Art, where he focused on graphic design and commercial art, then at the St. Martin’s School of Art where he studied under the painter Norman Jones, who had a profound effect on his work. Clayton often exhibited at the Royal Academy in London during his life. He died in 1979 in London, England.