Lawrence Edwin Blazey (1902–1999) was an American artist and teacher, listed in ''
Who's Who in American Art
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''.
Early life and career
Blazey attended the Cleveland School of Art, now the
Cleveland Institute of Art
The Cleveland Institute of Art, previously Cleveland School of Art, is a private college focused on art and design and located in Cleveland, Ohio.
History
The college was founded in 1882 as the Western Reserve School of Design for Women, at firs ...
, and later returned to lecture and teach at his alma mater. Blazey was most well known for his paintings of urban areas during the 1920s through the 1930s – several of which are displayed at the
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, located in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian ...
. He also has pieces at the
Butler Museum of Art and in the
Cleveland Municipal Collection. He was a painter and advertising illustrator, and also worked with
ceramic
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,
gouache
Gouache (; ), body color, or opaque watercolor is a water-medium paint consisting of natural pigment, water, a binding agent (usually gum arabic or dextrin), and sometimes additional inert material. Gouache is designed to be opaque. Gouache h ...
,
pencil
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Pencils create marks by physical abrasion, leaving a trail ...
, and
enamel.
Gallery
File:blazeygouache.jpg, "Pirate" circa 1918
References
External links
* http://www.tfaoi.com/am/1am/1am306.jpg (Church at Porto Penso, Mexico, c. 1928)
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1902 births
1999 deaths
20th-century American painters
American male painters
American illustrators
Cleveland School (arts community)
20th-century American male artists