With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Carl Lawless
Painting/Drawing
1894 – 1964
- Biography/Description of Work
Lawless began his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, followed by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He traveled and studied in Europe after World War I, returning to Pennsylvania. Friends of the sculptor Gladys Bates, whom he had met during his travels and who with her husband had moved to Mystic in 1924, Lawless himself settled in Mystic the following year. He was a member of the Mystic Art Association and New Haven Paint and Clay Club. He specialized in landscapes and floral still lifes in a somewhat impressionist style. In the 1920s and 1930s, his work was exhibited at the National Gallery of Design, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and Wadsworth Atheneum among others.
- Sources view
- Curbstones Clapboards & Cupolas: Four Self-guided Walking Tours. 1995. Mystic: Mystic River Historical Society. King, Noelle Warden. 2013. Mystic as Muse: 100 Years of Inspiration, Exhibit catalog. Mystic: Mystic Art Association, p. 72-73.
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