Lee Reynolds Burr opened his Vanguard Studios in Beverly Hills, California, in 1964 to make oil paintings an attainable decoration for any American household. With seascapes, nautical scenes, still lifes, bullfights, cowboys, pastoral views, hot-air balloons, horse races and abstractions, there was a Vanguard Studios creation to match any taste and interior.
Born in Los Angeles, Burr studied art at the University of Southern California. After graduating and a stint in the U.S. Army, he worked in a local studio as a painter before becoming a home decor entrepreneur with financial support from his mother.
Only a fraction of the alleged hundreds of thousands of oil paintings produced by Vanguard were actually painted by Burr, even though they were signed “Lee Reynolds,” “Lee Burr” or just “Reynolds.” (As he would later state, those signed solely “Lee Reynolds Burr” were by his own hand, and he would sometimes include a thumbprint as proof.) Instead, a team of artists organized in an assembly line hand-painted and copied works on an eclectic range of subjects, the originals often being created by Burr while other canvases were purchased at auctions in Europe and reproduced at Vanguard. Sold in furniture stores and through interior decorators nationwide, the Reynolds-signed paintings soon became ubiquitous above couches in living rooms all over the United States.
These paintings regularly mirrored art-world trends, such as the Abstract Expressionism of the 1960s, but at prices that were much more affordable than fine art. Vanguard Studios was sold to the Kirsch Company in 1974, but Burr’s name was still used on Vanguard paintings. Burr would start East Park Gallery in 1981 and continue to produce works in a more contemporary style until his retirement in 1998.
In the collection of Impressionist and abstract paintings on 1stDibs, find a range of authentic Lee Reynolds paintings.
$500Sale Price / set|30% Off
Vintage Table Lamps Signed LEE REYNOLDS
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Plaster
$220Sale Price|30% Off
Vintage Table Lamp Signed LEE REYNOLDS
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Plaster
$1,046Sale Price / item|30% Off
Pair of 1970s Art Deco Floor Lamps by Lee Reynolds, Ceramic & Plaster
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Lighting Acquisitions Of A Pair of 1970's Southwest...
Ceramic, Plaster
Lee Rosen Brown Pottery Table Lamp by Design Technics
By Lee Rosen
Located in New York, NY
A single brown ceramic table lamps with a striated design. Designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics. USA, circa 1950. Shade not included. Newly rewired with new patinated brass...
Metal
Lee Rosen for Design Technics Textured Ceramic Table Lamp
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Hamburg, PA
Lee Rosen designed this striking mid-century modern ceramic table lamp for Design Technics, New York. Founded by Lee and Samuel Rosen in the 1940s, Design Technics became one of the ...
Ceramic
White Ceramic Floor Lamp by Mobach, Netherlands 1970s
By Mobach
Located in Hannover, DE
Take a look at this work of art created by a master craftsman, which is hard to find anywhere else in this world in terms of quality and design. Mobach stands for quality, design and...
Brass
Art Deco Floor Lamp, Antique Gilded Bronze, Amber Glass, France, 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Stunning Art Deco style floor lamp . Antique Gilded Bonze color . comes with a Amber color Chrystal Glass ball . complete with beautiful Shade so stylish . 1 Large E27 bulb needed ....
Bronze
Cedric Hartman Pair of Floor Lamps Chrome 1970s
By Cedric Hartman
Located in Miami, FL
These Cedric Hartman in chrome reading floor lamps are an exquisite blend of timeless design and functional elegance. Crafted from high-quality brass, their slender yet sturdy frame ...
Chrome
Pair of Art Deco Style Pharmacy Brass Floor Lamps by Casella
By Casella Lighting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare pair of curvaceous brass pharmacy floor lamps made in the art deco taste by Casella Lighting, Sacramento, CA. The lamps feature a gracefully curved arc supporting an arrow forme...
Metal, Brass, Iron
Pair of Vintage Art Deco Torcheres / Torchieres Floor Lamps
By Russel Wright, Kurt Versen, Kem Weber
Located in Chicago, IL
Near pair of vintage Hollywood Regency deco metal torcheres in the manner of Grosfeld House, Walter Von Nessen. Uncertain to designer/maker. Base plates are slightly different. One...
Metal
Midcentury pair of floor lamps by MAE Lamp, Sweden 1970s
By MAE Lamp
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Pair of floor lamps by MAE Lamp, a renowned Swedish company. Elegant design with original gold brass structure and fabric shade, embellished with brass tips to complete the structure...
Brass
$1,950Sale Price|33% Off
H 24 in Dm 9 in
Vintage Blue Ceramic Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics Martz
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage ceramic/pottery table lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics. Beautiful drip blue glaze on this one. 24" to top of the socket shown in photo. I should have a harp that I can ...
Ceramic
Lam Lee 'Visage' Table Lamp by Leeazanne 1990s
By Lam Lee Group
Located in Tilburg, NL
Lam Lee 'Visage' table lamp by Leeazanne. USA, 1990s. Creative and elegant large table lamp by Lam Lee for Leeazanne, the lighting division of the Lam Lee Group. A joyful design, ...
Metal, Brass
Ceramic Table Lamp by Lee Rosen
By Lee Rosen
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Lee Rosen for Design Technics ceramic lamp hand made in natural tones. Signed on back with DT signature Measures: Height with shade shown 48".
Ceramic
Lee Rosen for Design Techniques Table Lamp
By Lee Rosen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lee Rosen Large table lamp for Design Technics, N.Y. Oversized lamp with beautiful layers of neutral colors and original shade, stamped.
Ceramic