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Lee Oscar Lawrie (October 16, 1877 – January 23, 1963 [1]) was an American architectural sculptor and an important figure in the American sculpture scene preceding World War II. Over his long career of more than 300 commissions Lawrie's style evolved through Modern Gothic, to Beaux-Arts, Classicism, and, finally, into Moderne or Art Deco .
LeeLawrie.com is the result of nearly two decades of research, travel, photography and writing. It is a virtual museum of Lawrie’s Art, in lieu of a single exhibition. Lee Lawrie’s Prairie Deco: History in Stone at the Nebraska State Capitol, 4th Edition.
Above 30 Rockefeller Plaza main entrance. An Art Deco icon, Wisdom famously looms over the entrance to the main building of Rockefeller Center and can be seen from Fifth Avenue. Created by Lee Lawrie, one of America’s foremost architectural sculptors, it is an impressive and imposing focal point.
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Lee O. Laurie. Born. Rixford, Germany. Died. Easton, Maryland, United States. Nationalities. American. Biography. Born in Germany, Lee Lawrie arrived in the United States when he was very young, and began working in sculptor Richard Henry Park’s Chicago studio when he was only fourteen.
- October 16, 1877
- January 23, 1963
About Lee Lawrie. Youth. Lee Lawrie was born in 1877 in Rixdorf, Prussia. The area is now known Neukölln, one of twelve boroughs of Berlin, in the southeastern part of the city. In 1881, his mother, Louise Belling, brought him to the United States, sailing from Hamburg to New York on the steamer, Australia, where they arrived that February.
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Lee Lawrie. CFA Service: 1933–1937, 1945–1950. The work of sculptor Lee Lawrie is associated with some of America’s most noted buildings of the first half of the twentieth century. His stylistic approach evolved with the building styles, ranging from Beaux-Arts to neo-Gothic to art deco.
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The Galleries. — Lee Lawrie: Obscure Art Deco Architectural Sculptor Master. Welcome to the Virtual Museum of Lee Lawrie’s Architectural Sculpture. Click here for the Galleries. List is still in progress as of April 28, 2024. Rhode Island School of Design. Rockefeller Center. Lo s Angeles Public Library, Children’s Court.
