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|  Born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Lawrence Barrett became an instructor of lithography and etching at the Broadmoor Art Academy from 1938 to 1952.
He was a student at the Broadmoor Academy beginning 1920 with Robert Reid and John F Carlson and later with Ernest Lawson, Randall Davey, Boardman Robinson, and Charles Locke. With Adolf Dehn, he co-authored a book, "How to Draw and Print Lithographs."
Source: David and Linda Cook: "John F. Carlson and Artists of the Broadmoor Academy" | |
This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born Guthrie, OK, Dec. 11, 1897; died Colorado Springs, CO, May, 1973. Painter. Illustrator. Printmaker. Sculptor. Teacher. Writer. Raised in Hutchinson. Studied at the Broadmoor Art Academy, Colorado Springs, CO from 1920; pupil of Robert Reid, Randall Davey, Ernest Lawson, John F. Carlson, Boardman Robinson. Taught lithography at Broadmoor & at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center from 1937-52. Co-authored the book How to Draw and Print Lithographs (1950). | Source:
AWARDS:
Won a silver medal at the Midwestern Exhibition in Kansas City in 1929; Guggenheim Fellow in 1940.
COLLECTIONS:
Metropolitan Museum of Art; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center; Brooklyn Museum; Library of Congress; Carnegie Institute
SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Samuels, Peggy. Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1976., Peggy. Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1976.; NMAA file; Family Search. Version 2.5.0. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2002. www.FamilySearch.org accessed July 13, 2006; AskArt, www.askart.com accessed July 20, 2006 | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
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