Lawrence Wilbur, 1930s Vintage Oil Painting Girl, Puppy Dog, American Illustrator Lawrence Wilbur, c.1930's

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A girl and her dog This was possibly used as an advertisement. It is in a great illustrator style. 22 … Read more A girl and her dog This was possibly used as an advertisement. It is in a great illustrator style. 22 x 18. framed. 19.5 x 15.5 canvas. Lawrence Wilbur (1897 - 1960) was active/lived in New York, New Jersey. Lawrence Wilbur is known for Illustrator, magazine cover, portrait paintings. Lawrence Wilbur was born in Whitman, MA in 1897. Wilbur attended night classes at the Boston Normal Art School, (now the Massachusetts School of Art). In 1921 he went to California and worked in the engraving department of the Los Angeles Times. In 1925 he relocated to New York City and enrolled in the Grand Central Art School where he studied art and illustration art under Harvey Dunn, N.C. Wyeth and Pruett Carter. Aside from a two year sabbatical to Mexico, Wilbur spent most of his life on West 96th Street in New York City. In 1957 he won the Audubon Artist's medal of honor for a self-portrait in oil and he was a lifetime member of the Salmagundi Club. Wilbur worked in watercolor, dry point, linoleum cut, wood engraving and lithography. Despite his deteriorating eyesight, he worked until his death in 1988. He was of the generation of and worked in the illustration style of Howard Pyle, Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, J.C. Leyendecker, Charles Dana Gibson. He also did quite a bit of advertising work and you can find his vintage poster work occasionally at auction. See less