New and Improved!
Redsigned January 2006
The Virtual Museum of the
Art of Lee Oskar Lawrie:
America's Machine-Age Michaelangelo
Lee Oskar Lawrie(a877-1963) represents the finest spirit of an American success story--a German-American immigrant who started with humble beginnings and went on to show the nation his vision of history, of God and Country carved in stone.
His works lives in churches and public buildings all across America, representing the highest forms of eclesiastic realism and high Art Deco.
Lawrie was regarded as "The Dean of American Sculptors" by his peers. Best known for his image of Atlas at Rockefeller Center in New York City, Lawrie traveled the breadth and depth of the nation and was in great demand as America's foremost architectural sculptor in the first half of the 20th Century. He created works that adorne some of the most remarkable and truy beautiful buildings in the nation.
What is remarkable about Lawrie is that despite his ubiquitous works, he remain largely forgotten to the public. Most bookstores may contian shelves full of books about Art Deco and Modernism, yet in over six years of research, I have yet to find his name in many books about modern art. I hope to change that. Gregory Paul Harm, M.A., Austin, Texas, January 14, 2006