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Penrhyn Stanlaws

Penrhyn Stanlaws (1877 - 1957) was active/lived in California, New York / Scotland.  Penrhyn Stanlaws is known for Illustrator of femal models in automobiles.

Born in Dundee, Scotland on March 19, 1877. P.S. Adamson adopted the pseudonym Penrhyn Stanlaws. After emigrating from Scotland to the U.S. in 1901, he used his artistic talent to pay for four years at Princeton University. He then studied in Paris for three years at Académie Julian under Constant and Laurens.

Returning to the U.S. in 1908, he established a studio in NYC where his illustrations of "Stanlaws' Girls" soon became as popular as those by Gibson and Flagg in such national magazines as Saturday Evening Post and Town and Country.

Highly successful, he built the Hotel des Artistes in NYC, which was at that time the largest studio building in the country. In the early 1940s he relocated to Los Angeles where he worked as a dramatist and motion-picture director. A fire in his studio took his life in Los Angeles on May 18, 1957.

Exhibition: Californa Art Club, 1956.

 In: Heckscher Museum (Huntington, NY).

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Who's Who in American Art 1936-41; Death record.

Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.

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Facts about Penrhyn Stanlaws

   Penrhyn Stanlaws  Born:  1877 - Dundee, Scotland
Died:   1957 - Los Angeles, California
Known for:  Illustrator of femal models in automobiles
Name variants:  P S Adamson, Penrhyn Stanley Adamson, Penryn Stanislaws

Born in Dundee, Scotland on March 19, 1877. P.S. Adamson adopted the pseudonym Penrhyn Stanlaws. After emigrating from Scotland to the U.S. in 1901, he used his artistic talent to pay for four years at Princeton University. He then studied in Paris for three years at Académie Julian under Constant and Laurens.

Returning to the U.S. in 1908, he established a studio in NYC where his illustrations of "Stanlaws' Girls" soon became as popular as those by Gibson and Flagg in such national magazines as Saturday Evening Post and Town and Country.

Highly successful, he built the Hotel des Artistes in NYC, which was at that time the largest studio building in the country. In the early 1940s he relocated to Los Angeles

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Who's Who in American Art 1936-41; Death record.

Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.  ...  Displaying 1149 of 1033 characters.

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