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  • A self-trained painter and sculptor who studied briefly with Rodin, Clews was one of many eccentric expatriates welcomed on the Riviera in the freewheeling 1920s.

    Sunbathing With the Masters 2008

  • The Chateau de la Napoule, a turreted seaside fairytale castle built on Saracen ruins, was completely rebuilt, stone by stone, and designed by Clews, an expatriate Wall Street banker-turned-artist, and his wife, Marie.

    Sunbathing With the Masters 2008

  • Clews and his wife are buried in a sculpted crypt in a remote corner of the palm-shaded formal gardens.

    Sunbathing With the Masters 2008

  • In recounting how often they occurred, Victor Niederhoffer, in his insightful book, The Education of a Speculator, notes that Henry Clews wrote after the panic of 1837 that “Prices dropped to zero.”

    Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

  • In recounting how often they occurred, Victor Niederhoffer, in his insightful book, The Education of a Speculator, notes that Henry Clews wrote after the panic of 1837 that “Prices dropped to zero.”

    Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

  • A portentous sign of the times for the conservatives is the appearance of Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons 'book on

    Socialism: Positive and Negative Robert Rives La Monte

  • CLEWS is one of his sureties, but he owns no Clews to his principal's whereabouts.

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870 Various

  • Because Clews happened to be the guest of Conkling, Robertson, grievously disappointed, assumed that the Senator had inspired the _coup d'état_, and from that moment began the dislike which subsequently ripened into open enmity.

    A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

  • Wells, the first batter, fouled out; Stamford hit an easy bounce to the pitcher, and Clews put up a little Texas leaguer -- all going out, one, two, three, on three pitched balls.

    The Redheaded Outfield 1915

  • Wells, the first batter, fouled out; Stamford hit an easy bounce to the pitcher, and Clews put up a little Texas leaguer -- all going out, one, two, three, on three pitched balls.

    The Redheaded Outfield Zane Grey 1905

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