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Birth
1887 (Woburn, Massachusetts)
Death
1972 (Los Angeles, California)
Lived/Active
California
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Often Known For
land-cityscape, desert views, missions
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, 1887, Lewis Osborne was a self-taught artist. He and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1901. As a young man, he worked for the "Los Angeles Herald" art department as an artist. During his tenure there, he received training at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design because of a deal the Herald made with the school. From the "Herald", he went to work in the art department of the Los Angeles Engraving Company.
Osborne was married in 1912 and raised a family, so a priority became providing for them. He started his own plastering and building supply business, a trade learned from his father. In the early years of this business he crafted original plaster relief wall and ceiling designs.
In 1918, he met artist Paul Lauritz, with whom he studied for six months. Lauritz saw talent, saying that Osborne had the potential to become a "great painter..if he would really work at it." Both were plein-air painters who would set up easels together. He and Lauritz remained life-long friends.
Osborne exhibited paintings throughout Southern California, including the Los Angeles County Art Museum. He served as president of the East Los Angeles Art Association, and was an active member throughout his life.
He worked in the California impressionist style, which later evolved into a California regional style. Subject matter included Southern California landscapes, urbanscapes, deserts and California missions. In later life, Osborne traveled throughout the country, photographing scenes, and then later painting from the images. He also painted his native New England and Hawaii, where he often visited. Osborne continued to paint his entire life until his death in Los Angeles in 1972.
Written and submitted January 2004 by Jeff Marshall, a high school art teacher, artist and grandson of Lewis Osborne.
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