By Paul Lauritz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large oil on wood board in original frame. Titled "In The Still of the Evening" Zion Natl. Park
Paul LAURITZ (1889-1975)
Biography
Birth place: Larvik, Norway
Death place: Los Angeles, CA
Addresses: Canada; Oregon; Alaska; Los Angeles, CA, 1919-75
Profession: Painter
Studied: self-taught.
Exhibited: CI; AIC; BM; PAFA; CGA; SFMA; Calif. State Expo., 1920 (prize), 1922 (prize)-23 (prize), 1924 (prize), 1926 (prize), 1934 (prize), 1939 (prize), 1940 (prize); San Diego FA Soc., 1928 (prize); Long Beach, CA, 1928 (prize); Pasadena AI, 1928 (prize); Santa Cruz, 1929 (prize); Pomona State Expo., 1930 (prize); Palos Verdes, 1931 (prize); Springville, UT, 1932 (prize)-33 (prize); Clearwater, CA, 1935 (prize); Los Angeles Ebell Cl., 1936 (prize), 1943 (prize), 1960; Acad. Western Painters, 1936 (prize); LACMA, 1920, 1932, 1940 (prize), 1943 (prize); Calif. AC, 1940 (prize), 1946 (prize); Santa Paula, 1942 (prize); CPLH, 1942 (prize), 1945 (prize); Oakland Art Gal., 1932, 1943 (med.), 1944 (med.); GGE, 1939 (prize); Cedar City, Utah, 1962 (purchase award); Sacramento Expos, 1962 & 1964.
Member: Laguna Beach AA; SC; Los Angeles PS; Western Acad.; Soc. Western Artists; Calif. AC; Royal Soc. Arts.
Work: Hollywood Athletic Cl.; Laguna Mus.; Pasadena Art Inst.; Santa Cruz Art Gal.; Springville, UT, Mus. of Art; Vanderpoel Coll.; Univ. Chicago; San Diego Fine Arts Gal.; Joslyn Mus. Art, Omaha, NE; Los Angeles City Col.; Ebell Cl., Los Angeles; Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce; priv. colls.
Comments: Lauritz worked as a commercial artist in Vancouver and Portland Oregon, where he also began painting landscapes and portraits. Lured to Alaska by the Gold Rush, he became friends with Sydney Laurence...
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20th Century American Paul Lauritz Art