Additional information
| Artist | Parker |
|---|---|
| Country | American |
| Region | North American |
ArtistParker, Lawton Silas
Artist Years1868-1954
Artist NationalityAmerican
TitleDas Madchen
Yearca. 1900
MediumDrawing > Charcoal
DimensionsComposition: 6.0 X 3.0 inches
Sheet: 15 X 11.5 inches
Description
Charcoal on wove paper, unsigned, executed on thin, cream wove paper laid onto thin paper board . From the R. H. Love Galleries, Chicago. Fine condition, minor scuffing. Free shipping to US address.
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ProvenanceR. H. Love Galleries, Chicago
Accession Number431926
NotesLawton S. Parker was an American impressionist painter. Born in Fairfield, Michigan, raised in Kearney, Nebraska, Parker studied at the Art Institute of Chicago beginning in 1886. He traveled to France and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. For a time, he was associated with the Giverny art colony and adopted an impressionist style. After returning to the United States, in 1892 he was appointed professor of the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He became director of art at Beloit College in 1893, and president of the New York School of Art in 1898-99. Beginning 1903, he resided in Chicago and taught at the Art Institute.
Among his sitters for portraits were Martin A. Ryerson, J. Ogden Armour, N. W. Harris, Harry P. Judson, and Peter S. Grosscup. He received the silver medal at the Saint Louis Exposition in 1904; gold medals at the International Exposition, Munich, in 1905, and at the Paris Salon in 1913 (the first American so honored[3]); and was awarded the medal of honor at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Parker was also the president of the Rodin Studios corporation, which developed an artists' cooperative housing of the same name in New York City.
He died at age 86 in Pasadena, California
(source: wikipedia.org)