Paul Lauritz Art

Paul Lauritz (Norway / California, 1889-1975) winter landscape circa 1950s Fine original oil painting by listed California artist Paul Lauritz. Can...

Beautiful winter landscape watercolor of a High Sierra log cabin at Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows in the snow by Paul Lauritz (Norway, 1889-1975), c. 1920. Signed lower left "Paul Lauritz". Displayed in an oak frame with linen wrapped wood liner. Shipped without glass. Image, 21"H x 28.5"W. Born in a small art colony of Larvik, Norway on April 18, 1889, Lauritz was exposed to art at an early age, studying with local and foreign artists in Larvik. At age 16 he moved to eastern Canada to live with his sister and found work as a hardrock driller in a mine. Working his way west, he worked as a commercial artist in Vancouver and Portland, OR where he began painting landscapes and portraits. The meager existence in artwork led him to Alaska with the Gold Rush. Unsuccessful as a miner, he again turned to painting and became a close friend of artist Sydney Laurence...

Oil on canvas painting by the California artist, Paul Lauritz. Signed lower left. Most likely a Glendale, California scene where Lauritz lived and painted. Here the artist captures ...

Large oil on wood board in original frame. Titled "In The Still of the Evening" Zion Natl. Park Paul LAURITZ (1889-1975) Biography Birth place: Larvik, Norway Death place: Los Angeles, CA Addresses: Canada; Oregon; Alaska; Los Angeles, CA, 1919-75 Profession: Painter Studied: self-taught. Exhibited: CI; AIC; BM; PAFA; CGA; SFMA; Calif. State Expo., 1920 (prize), 1922 (prize)-23 (prize), 1924 (prize), 1926 (prize), 1934 (prize), 1939 (prize), 1940 (prize); San Diego FA Soc., 1928 (prize); Long Beach, CA, 1928 (prize); Pasadena AI, 1928 (prize); Santa Cruz, 1929 (prize); Pomona State Expo., 1930 (prize); Palos Verdes, 1931 (prize); Springville, UT, 1932 (prize)-33 (prize); Clearwater, CA, 1935 (prize); Los Angeles Ebell Cl., 1936 (prize), 1943 (prize), 1960; Acad. Western Painters, 1936 (prize); LACMA, 1920, 1932, 1940 (prize), 1943 (prize); Calif. AC, 1940 (prize), 1946 (prize); Santa Paula, 1942 (prize); CPLH, 1942 (prize), 1945 (prize); Oakland Art Gal., 1932, 1943 (med.), 1944 (med.); GGE, 1939 (prize); Cedar City, Utah, 1962 (purchase award); Sacramento Expos, 1962 & 1964. Member: Laguna Beach AA; SC; Los Angeles PS; Western Acad.; Soc. Western Artists; Calif. AC; Royal Soc. Arts. Work: Hollywood Athletic Cl.; Laguna Mus.; Pasadena Art Inst.; Santa Cruz Art Gal.; Springville, UT, Mus. of Art; Vanderpoel Coll.; Univ. Chicago; San Diego Fine Arts Gal.; Joslyn Mus. Art, Omaha, NE; Los Angeles City Col.; Ebell Cl., Los Angeles; Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce; priv. colls. Comments: Lauritz worked as a commercial artist in Vancouver and Portland Oregon, where he also began painting landscapes and portraits. Lured to Alaska by the Gold Rush, he became friends with Sydney Laurence...