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1889 Larvik, Norway - 1975 Glendale, California. Known for: Landscape-desert-coastal and portrait painting.
Born in Larvik, Norway, Paul Lauritz became a noted painter based in California of portraits and desert landscapes. Early in his career, he was in Alaska. He was raised in the picturesque Norwegian... Read full biography
Born in Larvik, Norway, Paul Lauritz became a noted painter based in California of portraits and desert landscapes. Early in his career, he was in Alaska. He was raised in the picturesque Norwegian village of Larvik and exposed to famous painters from all over the world who came there for subject... Read full biography
Born in Larvik, Norway, Paul Lauritz became a noted painter based in California of portraits and desert landscapes. Early in his career, he was in Alaska. He was raised in the picturesque Norwegian village of Larvik and exposed to famous painters from all over the world who came there for subject matter. One of them, an English watercolorist, gave him painting lessons in exchange for his family providing board and room, and local painters Fritz Thoulaw and Christian Krogh also encouraged him as... Read full biography
Born in Larvik, Norway, Paul Lauritz became a noted painter based in California of portraits and desert landscapes. Early in his career, he was in Alaska. He was raised in the picturesque Norwegian village of Larvik and exposed to famous painters from all over the world who came there for subject matter. One of them, an English watercolorist, gave him painting lessons in exchange for his family providing board and room, and local painters Fritz Thoulaw and Christian Krogh also encouraged him as a young man. At age 16, he headed West and got a job in Vancouver, Canada, and then Portland, Oregon as a commercial artist doing maps, posters and decorations. In Portland, he married Mary Potterton in 1912, and then began a career as a serious... Read full biography
Born in Larvik, Norway, Paul Lauritz became a noted painter based in California of portraits and desert landscapes. Early in his career, he was in Alaska. He was raised in the picturesque Norwegian village of Larvik and exposed to famous painters from all over the world who came there for subject matter. One of them, an English watercolorist, gave him painting lessons in exchange for his family providing board and room, and local painters Fritz Thoulaw and Christian Krogh also encouraged him as a young man. At age 16, he headed West and got a job in Vancouver, Canada, and then Portland, Oregon as a commercial artist doing maps, posters and decorations. In Portland, he married Mary Potterton in 1912, and then began a career as a serious portrait artist. However, the lure of gold in Alaska took him and Mary to Sunrise Creek, where they lost money, and he vowed he would... Read full biography
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Keywords (55)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •California Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Desert Landscape
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Alaska Before 1940
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Monterey, Carmel California
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of Western Artists (1939-Present)-
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Teacher
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Morton H. Fleischer Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Grand Canyon Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •Snowscene Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Norwegian
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club
- •Society of Western Artists (1939-Present)
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts