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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Charles B. Lawler photographs
Creator:
Lawler, Charles B. (Charles Brode),
1902-1977
Identifier/Call Number: MS.330
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
2 flats
Date (inclusive): 1929/1977
Abstract: This collection consists mostly of b/w
and color snapshots of Lawler's sculptures.
Physical Location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice
is required for access to the papers.
Language of Material:
English
Collection open for research.
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Charles B. Lawler photographs. MS 330. Special Collections and Archives, University
Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Gift of Tim and Lynn Mason, 2006
Charles B. Lawler was born in Los Angeles, CA on April 22, 1902, to Oscar and Hilda B.
Lawler. He graduated from UC Berkeley (1924) and then spent six months at Harvard Law
School. Abandoning a law career, he returned to his native city and got closer to art via
ceramics while employed at the Gladding-McBean tile plant. On a trip to Paris in 1928 he
decided to become a sculptor. About 1930 he returned to Paris to study under Charles
Malfray. He then studied at the CSFA under Stackpole and in Los Angeles with Archipenko.
During WWII he made models for Hughes Aircraft and Lockheed. Lawler taught at Pomona College
at Claremont from 1949-1957. His last twenty years were spent in a 90-acre hilltop home in
Pescadero, CA. He died there on September 12, 1977.
Working in clay, wood, and stone, Lawler's early works were representational but later
evolved into abstractions.
Exhibitions: Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1938; Foundation of Western Art, Los
Angeles, 1939; Golden Gate International Exhibition, San Francisco, 1939; Los Angeles County
Fair, Los Angeles, CA, 1941; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 1940, 1941
(1st prize), 1947; Ebell CLub, Los Angeles, CA, 1942; Pasadena Society of Artists, 1949; San
Gabriel Vallet Artists, 1951; Chaffey AA, 1951; Padua Hills Art Festival, 1953; Scripts
College, 1955; In: Ponoma College, Claremont, CA; Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA;
Chico State University, Chico, CA; Harvard School, Los Angeles, CA; University of
California, Berkeley.
From: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists mostly of b/w and color snapshots of Lawler's sculptures. Most of
the b/w photographs, loose and album, are from 1929 to the Los Angeles Museum Exhibition in
March 1941. The color snapshots are mainly from the 1950's-1970's.
Finding aid revision statement
This finding aid was revised in the Reparative Archival Redescription Project in 2021-2022.
Previous versions of this finding aid are available upon request.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sculptors -- California -- San
Francisco
Sculpture, American -- 20th century --
Photographs
Lawler, Charles B. (Charles Brode),
1902-1977