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An example of work by Edna W. Lawrence
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
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Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, RISD:
1. Charcoal drawing, "Shells" (acc.# 33.07)
2. Oil painting, "Miss Ye" (acc.# 30.07)
Grace Episcopal Church, Providence:
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1. Designed the church seal
2. Five folders of archival items which, between them include 66 images in graphite, ink and scratchboard. The work is directly inspired by motifs throughout the church interior and its furnishings, as well as architectural views of the church. Many are drawings that were used for transfer to the process relief blocks in the archive. One folder includes biographical material about Lawrence.
3. One archival box is filled with 61 process relief blocks created for use on church bulletins, cards and pamphlets (29 blocks have a theme of religious symbolism, 7 have an ornamental theme, 2 are images of stained glass windows, 21 blocks are interior/exterior views of the church, 1 holiday card and 1 border frame). These blocks are still in use by the church.
Providence Art Club:
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1. Oil painting, "Glads"
2. Pencil, "Temple of Poseidon"
3. Pencil, "Istanbul From my Port Hole"
4. Colored pencil, "Imperial Volute"
5. Pencil, "The Friendly Toad"
6. Colored pencil, "Seaweed and Cow Fish"
7. Colored pencil, "Blossoms from St. Kitts"
8. Oil painting, "Fisherman's Shacks"
9. Etching, "A Grandmother of Dinan, France"
10. Oil painting, "Resting" (boats)
11. Oil painting, "Fog"
12. Oil painting, "Tops"
13. Charcoal/pencil, "At his Desk"
14. Oil on board, "Cardinal Brown"
15. Oil portrait on board [untitled]
16. Oil portrait on board [untitled]
17. Oil on board, "Seascape"
18. Oil on board, "Seascape"
19. Charcoal/pastel/watercolor--[40] miscellaneous drawings
Fleet Library, RISD:
ACCESS RESTRICTED.
Special Collections:
1. Colored pencil [untitled]--vase of flowers
Archives:
2. Approximately 25 printed holiday cards
RISD:
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1. Oil painting on canvas board, "Portrait of Brad Swan" (20th c.) (acc.# 81.055)
2. Charcoal drawing, "County Fair" (ca. 1918) (acc.# 1988.028)
3. Chalk/white heightening, "Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Casey" (20th c.) (acc.# 1989.062.3)
4. Colored pencil drawing, "Cineraria" (acc.# 1998.18.4)
5. Colored pencil drawing, "Zinnias" (acc.# 1998.18.5)
6. Pencil drawing, "Unloading Lumber, Guadelupe" (acc.# 2000.13.10)
7. Lithograph, "Unloading Lumber, Guadelupe" (acc.# 2000.13.11
Rhode Island Watercolor Society:
1. Graphite drawing "Unloading Cargo, Guadeloupe"
2. Watercolor portrait, "Four Score Years"
Source:
Unveiled: a directory and guide to 19th century born artists active in Rhode Island, and where to find their work in publicly accessible Rhode Island collections
by Elinor L. Nacheman
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Edna Lawrence followed in Eliza Gardiner's footsteps as the Grande Dame of instructors at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she started teaching in 1922. Generations of R.I.S.D. students were inspired by her nature lab design class, drawing actual specimens. She took charge of the school's newly opened College Building in 1937 and was responsible for greatly enlarging the collection of natural history specimens, including mounted insects, minerals, shells, living plants and various animals. This extensive collection was used by Lawrence to help her students explore the beauties of nature.
By the time she retired from the Rhode Island School of Design (1974) she had amassed a teaching collection of more than 25,000 specimens. In 1981 the Rhode Island School of Design renamed the Nature Lab the Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab.
Lawrence was most active in the Providence Art Club. She was awarded the RISD Alumni Award and the Providence Art Club Gold Medal.
She lived in Providence, Rhode Island, and Richmond, New York.
At the R.I.S.D. she studied with Eliza Gardiner and A. Hibbard, before she became a teacher there herself. As a fine artist Edna Lawrence exhibited her drawings and paintings at major institutions in such cities as Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and New Orleans. Among other museums, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts includes Lawrence's work in its permanent collection. Her work shows skillful draftsmanship and composition, often with a strong modernist perspective.
Edna Lawrence was a full member of the American Federation of Arts, the Providence Water Color Club and the Society of Independent Artists, New York. During summers she constantly traveled for the Rhode Island School of Design, collecting specimens and producing a number views and figure studies.
A retrospective exhibit of her work was held in 1996 at the Bert Gallery in Providence.
Sources include:
"Who's Who in American Art", 1940
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art", Sound View Press: Madison, Connecticut, 1999.
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