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1935 Los Angeles, California - 1993. Known for: Fur trade frontier genre, illustrator.
The following information was provided to AskART.com by Laura Bushard, who credits the web page of Meadowlark Gallery, Montana. Hank Lawshe was born in Los Angeles in 1935 and died in 1993. The move... Read full biography
The following information was provided to AskART.com by Laura Bushard, who credits the web page of Meadowlark Gallery, Montana. Hank Lawshe was born in Los Angeles in 1935 and died in 1993. The move East of his commercial art employer was the turning point in his career. After growing up on the... Read full biography
The following information was provided to AskART.com by Laura Bushard, who credits the web page of Meadowlark Gallery, Montana. Hank Lawshe was born in Los Angeles in 1935 and died in 1993. The move East of his commercial art employer was the turning point in his career. After growing up on the family farm in central Illinois, Lawshe worked as a mechanic and soldier, with five years as a champion race car driver. He began his career in art as a sign painter, and in 1966, accepted a job as a... Read full biography
The following information was provided to AskART.com by Laura Bushard, who credits the web page of Meadowlark Gallery, Montana. Hank Lawshe was born in Los Angeles in 1935 and died in 1993. The move East of his commercial art employer was the turning point in his career. After growing up on the family farm in central Illinois, Lawshe worked as a mechanic and soldier, with five years as a champion race car driver. He began his career in art as a sign painter, and in 1966, accepted a job as a commercial artist with a new advertising agency in Fort Collins, Colorado. In 1971, he was promoted to Vice President in management rather than art and continued to paint in oil as a hobby, selling the paintings through a sporting goods store. When his... Read full biography
The following information was provided to AskART.com by Laura Bushard, who credits the web page of Meadowlark Gallery, Montana. Hank Lawshe was born in Los Angeles in 1935 and died in 1993. The move East of his commercial art employer was the turning point in his career. After growing up on the family farm in central Illinois, Lawshe worked as a mechanic and soldier, with five years as a champion race car driver. He began his career in art as a sign painter, and in 1966, accepted a job as a commercial artist with a new advertising agency in Fort Collins, Colorado. In 1971, he was promoted to Vice President in management rather than art and continued to paint in oil as a hobby, selling the paintings through a sporting goods store. When his employer asked him to move, he quit and became a caretaker of a remote Montana ranch. Teaching himself to switch to fine art was... Read full biography
Hank Lawshe - Artist Info
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum