Biography

Clair Weidenaar (1914-1985) was a California marine painter who was active from the 1940s through the 1970s. He is best known for his bold depictions of stormy waves crashing on Southern California's Laguna Coast. The future artist was born in Illinois on February 27, 1914 and christened Clarence Alfred Weidenaar. His parents were Dutch immigrants, Derrick A. Weidenaar and Ada Natelborg Weidenaar. As a young man he adopted the shortened name Clair Weidenaar.<br><br> Source: https://www.askart.com/artist/Clair_Weidenaar