Clara Southern (3 October 1861 - 15 December 1940) was an Australian artist associated with the Heidelberg School, also known as Australian Impressionism.Southern was born in Kyneton, Victoria, in 1861. She studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School under George Folingsby and Frederick McCubbin. When in Melbourne she shared a studio at Grosvenor Chambers, 9 Collins Street, with Jane Sutherland from 1888.