Santa Fe artist Frank La Lumia is noted for his paintings in watercolor and oil. Born in 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, he was raised in Libertyville, Illinois. He received his B.A. from Bradley... Read full biography
Santa Fe artist Frank La Lumia is noted for his paintings in watercolor and oil. Born in 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, he was raised in Libertyville, Illinois. He received his B.A. from Bradley University in Peoria, and also studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. In 1977, he devoted... Read full biography
Santa Fe artist Frank La Lumia is noted for his paintings in watercolor and oil. Born in 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, he was raised in Libertyville, Illinois. He received his B.A. from Bradley University in Peoria, and also studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. In 1977, he devoted himself to painting full-time. During the past decade he has taught at Plein-Air Painters of America Workshops, Bennington, VT, and Colorado Springs, CO; and at watercolor workshops in Santa Fe, NM; as well... Read full biography
Santa Fe artist Frank La Lumia is noted for his paintings in watercolor and oil. Born in 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, he was raised in Libertyville, Illinois. He received his B.A. from Bradley University in Peoria, and also studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. In 1977, he devoted himself to painting full-time. During the past decade he has taught at Plein-Air Painters of America Workshops, Bennington, VT, and Colorado Springs, CO; and at watercolor workshops in Santa Fe, NM; as well as at oil painting workshop at the Mabel Dodge Lujan House in Taos, NM. In Italy, from where La Lumia's father originates, the family name means 'the light', and light has been an inspiration to his art. In describing his work, La Lumia has said:... Read full biography
Santa Fe artist Frank La Lumia is noted for his paintings in watercolor and oil. Born in 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, he was raised in Libertyville, Illinois. He received his B.A. from Bradley University in Peoria, and also studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. In 1977, he devoted himself to painting full-time. During the past decade he has taught at Plein-Air Painters of America Workshops, Bennington, VT, and Colorado Springs, CO; and at watercolor workshops in Santa Fe, NM; as well as at oil painting workshop at the Mabel Dodge Lujan House in Taos, NM. In Italy, from where La Lumia's father originates, the family name means 'the light', and light has been an inspiration to his art. In describing his work, La Lumia has said: "Painting from life is the moment of truth. If you can paint light, you can paint everything under the sun. The essential fact of my wor... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (10)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein-Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island
2003
Stern, Jean; Roy C. Rose and Molly Siple
256 pages (color)
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001
Editors, Art of the West
88 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Mountain Oyster 28th Annual Contemporary Western Art Show (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Mountain Oyster Club
56 pages
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)