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Edward Laning

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Edward Laning (1906 - 1981) was active/lived in New York, Missouri, Illinois.  Edward Laning is known for Genre, social-surreal view, mural paintings.

Edward Laning

Edward Laning, whose dream as a young man was to travel across the country in his car, solicit various communities to paint murals in the local courthouses, and execute mural decoration for the cost of the materials and room and board, became an outstanding mural painter with a special talent for figure painting.  Born in Petersburg, Illinois in 1906, he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1923-24) then at the University of Chicago (1925-27).  He received further art instruction for the following three years at the Art Students League in New York under Max Weber, John Sloan, Boardman Robinson, Thomas Hart Benton and Kenneth Hayes Miller.  Laning owes much of his style to the latter. Laning would have been exposed to the classical monumentality of Renaissance and Baroque mural painting in Rome, where he was in 1929 and 1931.   He won travel grants (Guggenheim and Fulbright), exhibited widely, and took part in WPA mural pro   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3351 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Edward Laning


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectArt Association
  • Art Students League, New York
  • Fourteenth Street School, (NYC Studio Location)
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Art Students League of New York, Teacher
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • Fulbright Grant, Fellowship
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Sara Roby Foundation
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Genre Specialty
  • LIFE Magazine Featured Artist
  • LIFE Magazine Illustrator, Photographer
  • Mural Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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