Joseph Clare (1846–1917) was an English scenic designer and painter of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
The Concise Oxford Companion to American Theatre stated that during his lifetime "[Clare] gained the reputation of possibly the finest set designer in America, with his settings admired for their elegance and proper sense of period.
"[1] Born in England in 1846, Joseph Clare apprenticed as a scenic designer at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool.
[1] In 1894 he designed the sets for the Broadway premiere of Victorien Sardou's Gismonda at the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
[4] Clare died on June 3, 1917 at the age of 71 in Central Islip, New York.