Homage to Michael Lawrence : A Journey Through Art and Life
Michael Lawrence
USA
Michael Lawrence was born in Los Angeles in 1943 and died in 2021, best known for his lyrical drawings and paintings celebrates the theater of life. The son of film star Marc Lawrence and screenwriter, poet and novelist Fanya Foss. His life’s pursuits were set as an artist and a writer.
Over the past fifty years the paintings and sculptures of Michael Lawrence have illuminated gallery shows in Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Denver and in Europe : Rome, Madrid, Stockholm, Belfast, Hydra Island and sprinkled in collections in London, Austria, Australia, India, Singapore and elsewhere.
Enthusiastic collectors emerge from all levels of society. Queen Elizabeth II and filmmaker Oliver Stone join hundreds of people in gaining pleasure from Michael’s joyful celebrations.
CV
2024
Homage to Michael Lawrence : A Journey Through Art and Life, Galerie Dumas, Linz (AT)
2023
Galerie Dumas im Advent VOL.3, Galerie Dumas, Linz (AT)
2022
Make ART not WAR, Galerie Dumas, Linz (AT)
#Summervibes, Galerie Dumas, Linz (AT)
Galerie Dumas im Advent VOL.2, Galerie Dumas, Linz (AT)
2021
From a beautiful world, Galerie Dumas, Linz (AT)
Galerie Dumas im Advent, Galerie Dumas, Linz (AT)
2011
Melina Mercouri Exhibition Hall, recent landscapes, etc. ‘A Day in Spring’ may 16-25 Hydra
2010
The book “My Voyage in Art” becomes available from the artist. Melina Mercouri Hall, Hydra. September 25th – October 15th Exhibition, paintings and sculptures. Film documentary currently in the making, by Aegis Films, Athens
2009
Belfast, Golden Thread Gallery – Water colors and bronzes
2008
Works on 24 new waxes for bronze castings. Continues preparations for May-June exhibition at Melina Mercouri Hall, Hydra, Greece
2007
Begins work on book My Voyage in Art. Makes new works for bronze
2005
Silva Foundation exhibits and buys paintings and sculpture for travelling exhibition to support Skyros Ponies
2004
University of California, Davis, uses Text of Jim & I for Drama Department
2003
Publishes Jim & I: Jim Morrison and Other Friends with iUniverse.com
2000-2007
Exhibits annually on Island of Hydra, Greece, at Melina Mercouri Hall
2000
Donates Family of Man sculpture to City of Hydra, Greece, for their new art foundation
1999
One-man exhibition at Littenberg Gallery, NYC
1995
One-man exhibition at Russel Gallery, Denver, of watercolors and bronzes
1994
Does first bronze castings in Greece. One man exhibition at Wenger Gallery of oil paintings based on Federico Fellini’s film
1992
Makes lithographs in Sweden, one of which is collected by Moderna Museet, Stockholm. Travels to Greece. One-man show at Imagolit Gallery, Stockholm
1988
One-man show at Wenger Gallery of large watercolors
1987
One-man show at Wenger Gallery, Los Angeles, of neo-expressionist oil paintings
1984
Travels to Paris, works in etching atelier, and does first color lithograph
1983
Does benefit exhibition with Andre Mirapolsky for Para los Ninos, a downtown LA daycare center
1981
Exibits impasto Saucer paintings at ACRO Center for Visual Arts and Security Pacific Exhibition Hall. Writes the first version of Jim & I
1980
Visits Roy Lichtenstein and reads his Modigliani in Florescent, a verse play on the art world. Sends 150 copies as gifts to friends. Also performs in various venues. One man exhibition at J. Walter Thompson Co. of Skaters impasto acrylics
1978-1979
Teaches life drawing at East LA City College
1977-1988
Maintains a studio at 239 South LA Street in Los Angeles
1975
One man show at Ruth Schaffner Gallery, “Flash Exhibition” of brush paintings. Meets Ray Bradbury and begins a long friendship
1972
One man exhibition at Greer Gallery, NYC, showing Alice-Lewis Carroll bronzes
1971
Is given a studio at AFI (American Film Institute) in Los Angeles. Makes first sponge paintings
1970
Group exhibition at Star Turtle Gallery, NYC
1968
One-man exhibition at Sequier Gallery, Madrid, showing lithographs and sculptures based on James Joyce’s Ulysses. Commissioned to do portrait heads for the feature film Royal Hunt of the Sun
1966
Graduates from UCLA with a BFA. Travels to Spain. Publishes articles in the Castellana Hilton Magazine on the artists Manolo Millares, Martin Churino, Paco Barón. Exhibits at Juana Mardo Gallery in Spain and at Silvia Blatas’ Gallery in Paris
1963
Fellow at Huntington Hartford Foundation, Malibu, California. Makes first etchings
1962
Commissioned by Bard College in NY to do sculpture head of Emil Hauser, founder of Budapest String Quartet. Meets Jacques Lipchitz
1961
Awarded Honorable Mention in Sculpture from National Society of Arts and Letters in Washington DC
1960
Commissioned by architect Rex Lotery to do garden sculpture in Los Angeles
1958
Begins work in clay making portrait heads
1957
Spends summer in London, painting watercolors
1956
First exhibition of oil paintings in Rome, Italy
1943
Born on November 7th in Los Angeles
