George Laurence Nelson

(American, 1887-1978)

George Nelson was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1887.  He was a painter, a lithographer, and an art restorer. Nelson was an active exhibitor and he received many prestigious portrait commissions and mural commissions.  He excelled in floral still lifes, as well.  He was noted for his use of color in his paintings while at the same time successfully retaining his dependency on outlined forms.  This combination of elements would result in creating his own creative personal style.

Studied

Buffalo ASL; ASL; NAD Sch.; Academie Julian, Paris with J.P. Laurens, 1911

Member

ANA, 1929; NA, 1942; SC; CAFA; NYWCC; Kent AA; Am. WCS; All. A. Am; Salmagundi Cl.; NAC

Exhibited

LACMA; TMA; Albright A. Gal.; Rochester Mem. A. Gal.; Montclair A. Mus.;AIC; John Herron AI; TEX State Fair; Detroit Inst. A.; Md. Inst.; Boston AC; Paris Salons; PAFA Ann.; CAFA 1918 with prizes 1918, 1926, 1935; NAD, 1921 Gold Medal; Salons of Am.; Corcoran Gal., Biennials; NAC; Venice Inst; Meriden Conn. Arts & Crafts Soc; Kent Art Assn, Grand Central Art Gal, NYC

Work

NAD; NAC; AAAL; NY Hospital; Mt. Sinai Hospital; Reed Mem. Lib.; Carmel, NY; Univ. Buffalo; State Normal Sch., Plattsburg, NY; Springfield AA; Canajoharie A. Gal; MMA; NYPL; CI; Bennington Hist Soc; Peace Palace, Geneva Switzerland; Lithograph, MMA; New Britain Art Mus Conn.; New York Hospital Commissions; Canterbury Sch. New Milford, Conn.

Resources

WW73; WW47; Cuthbert Lee Contemporary American Portrait Painters (1929); Falk, Exh. Record Series