Artist: Ernest Lawson (1873 - 1939)
Nationality: American
Movement: Impressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Ernst Lawson was an American painter who was a member of The Eight. However, he was the least known of the members and worked in a traditional style. He was a landscapist above all, but painted several urban scenes. His paintings are best described as Impressionist.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Ernest Lawson, Harlem River at High Bridge, circa 1915
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Artist: Ernest Lawson Title: Segovia Date: about 1916 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.33 x
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Ernest Lawson - Winter c. 1919 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Ernest Lawson - Segovia c. 1916 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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Ernest Lawson - The Garden 1914 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Ernest Lawson - River Landscape early 20th cent oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Ernest Lawson - Connecticut Landscape c. 1905 oil on canvas Florence Griswold Museum Canadian
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Ernest Lawson - Early Spring 1918 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Ernest Lawson - Moret-sur-Loing c. 1893 oil on canvas The Maier Museum of Art American
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Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy), "Girencester" (Mr. Harry Lawson Webster Lawson, M.P.), Statesmen No. 626 from Vanity Fair, November 18, 1893, 1893
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Cecil Lawson, "The Maid was in the Garden," pg. 35, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "The Pastoral," pg. 13, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Ernest Lawson - Harlem River Scene 20th century Oil on Masonite Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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Ernest Lawson - Country Scene - Winter c. 1910 oil on canvas Florence Griswold Museum Canadian
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Cecil Lawson, "Wharfedale," pg. 32, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "In Hawthornden," pg. 23, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "Sketch for "Evening"," pg. 11, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "Brentford Eyot," pg. 3, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Herman G. Herkomer, "Portrait of Cecil Lawson," frontispiece, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "The Wet Moon, Old Batersea," pg. 26, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "The Minister"s Garden," pg. 20, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "A Chelsea Garden," pg. 19, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "The Track-Boat," pg. 15, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "Morn in Russet mantle Clad," pg. 31, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "Sketch for "The Foundling"," pg. 9, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "Sketch for "Moonlight Memories"," pg. 29, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "View from Don Saltero"s, in Cheyne Walk," facing pg. 25, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "Sketch for "The Song of Summer"," pg. 5, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Cecil Lawson, "First Sketch for "Making Hay while the Moon Shines"," pg. 17, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Robert Lawson, Manhattan, 19th - 20th century
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Robert Lawson, The Connoisseurs, 19th - 20th century
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Herman G. Herkomer, "The Hop-Gardens of England," facing pg. 7, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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John Saddler, "The Hop-gardens of England," facing pg. 13, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)
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Ernest Haskell, Companions, 1920
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Ernest Haskell, New Meadows Farms., ca. 1923
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Ernest Haskell, Allequippa Poplars, 1913
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Ernest Haskell, Dromore Oaks, ca. 1924
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Ernest Haskell, Carrying Place, 1923
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, "The Swan and the Iris," facing pg. 23, in the book Cecil Lawson: A Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse (London: The Fine Art Society, 1883)

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (11)
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Lawson Menzies: Significant Aboriginal Fine Artworks to be Auctioned
This is one of the few times when photography has been included with traditional art and with some of the masters of Aboriginal art. Wayne Quilliam is the only photographer represented in the collection. Along with the recent release of a Mauri/...
Metropolitan Museum of Art: City Life: Around the Eight
This installation features a selection of about 25 drawings and small paintings from the Museum's collection by William Glackens, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Everett Shinn, and John Sloan (all members of the Eight) and their contemporary Geo...
Museum of Arts and Sciences: Crossing the Threshold with Thelma and Louise
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Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University: USES OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN CONTEMPORARY ART
In collaboration with the citywide event, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, the Carlos MuseumÕs exhibition will be curated by Dr. Clark Poling, Art History Department, Emory University, and Jeff Thompson, Art History Department Ph.D. candidate, Emo...
Royal College of Art: The 20th Century British Art Fair
It is the only fair to cover British art from 1900 to the present day and for five days, under one roof, art lovers can enjoy and marvel at the talent and diversity of painting, sculpture, photography and ceramics which incorporate 20th Century Briti...
Kluge-Ruhe Gallery, University of Virginia: Shades of Black: Wayne Quilliam
On the international scene Wayne Quilliam has participated the successful auction of his photographs at both Sotherby's and Lawson Menzies Auction Houses which saw the prints brought by collectors in France, Germany and Australia. While in th...
Art Gallery of Ontario: Uniform: Robin Pacific - Collaboration with Protection Services Officers
Their collective desire to make the unique personalities and opinions of fellow PSOs both audible and visible at the AGO is realized in UNIFORM, a series of photographic, audio and video installations throughout the galleries. The PSOs are: ...
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts: Pride in Place: Landscapes by the Eight in Southern Collections
Early in the twentieth century, Macbeth Gallery in New York City was one of the few commercial venues for the exhibition of contemporary American art. Most opportunities for public access to artists' works were obtained through the exhibitio...
Laguna Art Museum: California Holiday: The E. Gene Crain Collection
Support for the exhibition has been provided by the Festival of Arts Foundation, the City of Laguna Beach, the Fieldstone Foundation, Jim and Martha Newkirk, John and Barbara Bing, the late Rex Brandt, Gerald and Bente Buck, Mary and Matt Lawson, ...
Woman Made Gallery: Fabrications: Cat Chow, Anne Elizabeth and Jill Ziccardi
Cat Chow is showing three new works from her Mourning Gowns series which is inspired by Victorian mourning/memorial jewelry.  Chow’s work blurs the distinctions between sculpture, fashion and architecture. She manipulates everyday objects into fa...
Riffe Gallery: Aspirations: Toward a Future in the Middle East
There will be an opening reception on Thursday, January 25, from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Aspirations is produced by the Ohio Arts Council's International Program in partnership with Arts Midwest and with the supp...

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