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| Ernest Lawson
American 1873 -1939
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| Born: |
Nova Scotia, Canada
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| Died: |
Florida, United States
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| Studied: |
Santa Clara Art Academy
Art Students League, New York City
Academie Julien, Paris
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| Instructors: |
John Henry Twachtman
John Ferguson Weir
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| Exhibited: |
Armory Show, New York City 1913
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| Examples of Work: |
Art Institute of Chicago
Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
Detroit Institute of Arts
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Nelson Gallery, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missour
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
Art Gallery of Toronto
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| Specialty: |
Painter
Draftsman
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| Style/School: |
The Eight
Impressionism
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| Subjects Known For: |
Landscapes
Bridges
Railroads
Harlem River
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| Memberships: |
National Academy of Design p. ANA 1908; NA 1917
Century Association
National Arts Club
National Institute of Arts and Letters
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Ernest Lawson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1873. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1888 where his father was practicing medicine. Lawson enrolled in classes at the Kansas City Art League School, but without sufficient money for art studies, he accompanied his father the following year t...
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Ernest Lawson attended Kansas City Art Institution in 1888, Santa Clara Academy in Mexico in 1889, the Art Students League in 1891 and finally Academie Julian in 1893. Lawson was a member of "The Eight" and one of the foun...
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A noted Impressionist, Ernest Lawson became known as "the landscape painter of the Eight," the group at the forefront of early-twentieth century American art. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Lawson took an early interest in d...
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