Biografie von Henry LION (1900-1966)

Birth place: Fresno, CA

Death place: Los Angeles, CA

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA

Profession: Sculptor, painter, writer

Studied: Otis AI; & with S. MacDonald-Wright.

Exhibited: Los Angeles County Fair, 1922 (prize)-23 (prize), 1933 (prize)-34 (prize), 1939 (prize); Nat. S. Comp., 1923 (prize); P.&S. Soc.; Otis AI, 1923 (prize), 1940 (prize)-41 (prize); Pac. Southwest Expo., 1928 (bronze med.); LACMA, 1932, 1937, 1945 (solo); GGE, 1939; Ebell Salon, 1932 (first prize), 1937 (prize), 1942 (prize); Calif. AC, 1938 (prize).

Member: Calif. AC; Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles; Los Angeles AA; SWA (founder).

Work: figures, Los Angeles City Hall; Ebell Cl., Los Angeles; Fed. Bldg., Los Angeles; fountain, De Anza Mem., Los Angeles; Gilcrease Inst.; Earl C. Adams coll.

Comments: WPA sculptor. Author: Sculpture for Beginners.

Sources: WW59; WW47. More recently, see Hughes, Artists in California, 339.