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1894 Baltimore, Maryland - 1966. Known for: Fantasy-naive animal and figure painting, stained glass, murals.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland to a Bohemian family, Lawrence Lebduska learned art related crafts at the age of five on a return trip to Bohemia. He was educated in Leipzig where he learned the stained... Read full biography
Born in Baltimore, Maryland to a Bohemian family, Lawrence Lebduska learned art related crafts at the age of five on a return trip to Bohemia. He was educated in Leipzig where he learned the stained glass craft. At the age of 18 he returned to the United States and his first job was with Elsie de... Read full biography
Born in Baltimore, Maryland to a Bohemian family, Lawrence Lebduska learned art related crafts at the age of five on a return trip to Bohemia. He was educated in Leipzig where he learned the stained glass craft. At the age of 18 he returned to the United States and his first job was with Elsie de Wolfe for whom he did wall decorations. In 1912, he began decorative mural painting and painting on canvas for pleasure. Although he had no formal art training, his fanciful animal scenes, portraits... Read full biography
Born in Baltimore, Maryland to a Bohemian family, Lawrence Lebduska learned art related crafts at the age of five on a return trip to Bohemia. He was educated in Leipzig where he learned the stained glass craft. At the age of 18 he returned to the United States and his first job was with Elsie de Wolfe for whom he did wall decorations. In 1912, he began decorative mural painting and painting on canvas for pleasure. Although he had no formal art training, his fanciful animal scenes, portraits and pseudo-historical themes, had bold colors and subjects resembling Fauvre or French experimental painting. His work made quite an impression in the 1930s and is credited for inspiring Abby Aldrich Rockefeller to assemble her collection of folk art.... Read full biography
Born in Baltimore, Maryland to a Bohemian family, Lawrence Lebduska learned art related crafts at the age of five on a return trip to Bohemia. He was educated in Leipzig where he learned the stained glass craft. At the age of 18 he returned to the United States and his first job was with Elsie de Wolfe for whom he did wall decorations. In 1912, he began decorative mural painting and painting on canvas for pleasure. Although he had no formal art training, his fanciful animal scenes, portraits and pseudo-historical themes, had bold colors and subjects resembling Fauvre or French experimental painting. His work made quite an impression in the 1930s and is credited for inspiring Abby Aldrich Rockefeller to assemble her collection of folk art. During the 1940s, he was largely forgotten, with the public preoccupied with the onset of World War II, his career "sk... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Kachina (Katsina) Doll Carving
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Stained Glass Design, Restoration, Crafting
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Outer Space, Science Fiction
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Tropical Landscape Scenes
- •Waterfowl
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Art Association
- •Audubon Society of Artists-
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts