Lee Lawrie
Lee Oscar Lawrie (October 16, 1877 – January 23, 1963) was one of the United States' foremost architectural sculptors and a key figure in the American art scene preceding World War II. Over his long career of more than 300 commissions Lawrie's style evolved through Modern Gothic, to Beaux-Arts Classicism and finally into Moderne or Art Deco. His work includes the details on the Nebraska State Capitol building in Lincoln, Nebraska and some of the architectural sculpture and, his most prominent work, the free-standing bronze Atlas (installed 1937) at New York City's Rockefeller Center.
Read more about Lee Lawrie: Early Work, Collaborations With Cram and Goodhue, Commissions Related To Goodhue, Rockefeller Center, Other Commissions, Lawrie's Work in Popular Culture, Gallery, Bronze Doors of The John Adams Building
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