Biografie von Jonas LIE (1880-1940)

Birth place: Oslo, Norway

Death place: NYC

Addresses: Grew up in Oslo, moved to Paris in 1892 to live with his uncle, came to NYC in 1893

Profession: Landscape and seascape painter, textile designer

Studied: with Christian Skredsvig in Norway; Ethical Culture Schl, NYC, 1897; NAD; CUA Sch; ASL

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1903-40 (medal for best landscape, 1935); St. Louis Expo., 1904 (med.); Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1907-39 (16 times); AIC; Armory Show, 1913; NAD, 1914 (prize), 1927 (prize), 1936 (med.), 1937 (prize); Pan.-Pac. Expo., San Fran., 1915 (med.); Newport, RI, 1916 (prize); S. Indp. A., 1917, 1919, 1937; Art Week, Phila., 1925 (gold); Chicago Norske Klub, 1925 (prize), 1927 (prize); H.S. AA, Springville, UT, 1927 (prize); NAC, 1929 (prize); Amsterdam, 1928 (prize); WMAA, 1932.

Member: ANA, 1912; NA, 1925 (served as pres., 1934-39); PMA, 1934; NAC; Century Club; AFA; Boston AC; Three AC; Studio Cl.; Lotos Cl.; SC; Municipal Arts Comm.; Municipal AS; NIAL; Art Comm. Assoc.

Work: CI; MMA; Detroit Inst. Art; AIC; Luxembourg Mus., Paris; Peabody Inst., Baltimore; Rochester Mem. Gal.; Dallas AA; Lafayette AA; BMFA; CMA; Brooklyn Inst. Arts & Sciences; Albright Art Gal.; Telfair Acad.; CGA; Norwegian Legation, Wash., DC; Cedar Rapids AA; Elmira AA; Canajoharie (NY) Lib.; Saranac Lake (NY) Lib.; RISD; Plainfield City Hall, NJ; Lotos Cl.; NAC; Engineers Cl.; WMAA; Norske Cl., Chicago; Springville H.S. AA; Iowa State Univ.; St. Louis Merchants Club; AGAA; Franklin Delano Roosevelt Coll.; Crown Prince Olaf of Norway Coll.; Minneapolis Inst. Art Coll.; series on the Panama Canal, West Point, 1929

Comments: From 1898 until 1906, Lie designed fabric patterns for a textile business while studying evenings at CUA and the NAD. He visited Paris in 1906 and was influenced by the work of Monet. Lie became known for his colorful impressionistic scenes of harbors and coves, painted during the many summers he spent on the coasts of New England and Canada. He also painted for several months on the site of the Panama Canal in 1913, depicting the last days of construction at the canal. Lie was one of the founders of the AAPS, which organized the 1913 Armory Show in NYC.

Sources: WW38; Baigell, Dictionary<;P> 300 Years of American Art, 762; Brown, The Story of the Armory Show; Falk, Exh. Record Series.