Lawrence Wilbur Figurative Paintings
American, 1897-1988
Painter and printmaker Lawrence Nelson Wilbur was born in Whitman, Massachusetts. He moved to Boston where he began his training as a photoengraver. He moved to Los Angeles in 1921, where he worked in the engraving department of the Los Angeles Times. Relocating to New York in 1925, Wilbur was employed as a finisher by several of New York's finest engraving shops and by several of the leading magazines of the era.
Wilbur enrolled at the Grand Central Art School, where he studied under N. C. Wyeth and Harvey Dunn.a number of Lawrence Nelson Wilbur traveled to Boston and Los Angeles before settling in New York. In 1925, he enrolled in the Grand Central Art School where he studied under Harvey Dunn, N.C. Wyeth, and Pruett Carter. As a photo-engraving finisher, he worked for the finest engraving shops in New York, and a number of major magazine publishers headquartered there. The combination of his graphic arts skills and his serious pursuit of training in the fine arts formed the basis for his career as a talented draftsman, printmaker, and painter.
His works have been collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the National Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and many other institutions. Wilbur received numerous awards for his art, including the Audubon Artist's medal of honor for a self-portrait in oil in 1957. He was a member of the Salmagundi Club of New York, the Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey, and the Society of America Graphic Artists. He died in New York City.
(Biography provided by Allinson Gallery, Inc.)
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Artist: Lawrence Wilbur
1930s Vintage Oil Painting Girl, Puppy Dog, American Illustrator Lawrence Wilbur
By Lawrence Wilbur
Located in Surfside, FL
A girl and her dog
This was possibly used as an advertisement. It is in a great illustrator style.
22 x 18. framed. 19.5 x 15.5 canvas.
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The Artist, This Week Magazine Cover, 1937
By Lawrence Wilbur
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Sight Size 36.00" x 28.25;" Framed 42.50" x 34.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
This Week magazine cover, May 1937
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1930s Lawrence Wilbur Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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