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Larry (Laurence James) Day

Larry (Laurence James) Day (1921 - 1998) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland.  Larry Day is known for Abstract landscape, figure, still life and genre painting.

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Following is an obituary of the artist from The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 17, 1998

Larry Day, 76, Phila. Artist And Art Teacher by Andy Wallace, Inquirer Staff Writer
     
Larry Day, 76, a Philadelphia artist with a unique classical style and an influential teacher of painting and drawing at the University of the Arts, died of cancer Tuesday at Abington Hospital. He lived in Melrose Park.

``He had a profound influence on artistic and intellectual community,'' said Charles More, whose Center City gallery sold Mr. Day's work. ``He was a thinker. He taught, painted, presented papers.''

As a painter, Mr. Day was known for his austere, geometric, often people-less cityscapes, which sometimes drew from classical painters.  More popular with recent buyers were his drawings of friends, neighbors and fellow artists, which often included a self-portrait and a motif from classical art.

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Larry (Laurence James) Day


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Perceptual Art (Optical Psychology)
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Self-Portrait
  • Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
Art School
  • The University of the Arts Teacher
  • Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Student
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing

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