Biografie von Lucien Adolphe LABAUDT (1880-1943)

Birth place: Paris, France

Death place: India

Addresses: San Fran., CA, 1910

Profession: Painter, muralist, lecturer, teacher

Studied: self-taught

Exhibited: San Fran. AA, annuals, from 1917, 1927 (first prize), 1937 (first prize); Bohemian Cl., 1920-25; Salon Des Indépendents, 1921-31; S. Indp. A., 1922-31; Salon D'Automne, 1924-26; LACMA, 1927 (first prize); San Fran. 1927 (prize); Ecole de Paris, 1928; Salons of Am., 1930; Oakland Art Gal., 1932, 1934, 1939; CPLH, 1933; First Ann. Calif. Painters Comp., Gump's San Fran., 1933 (first prize); Brooklyn Mus., 1936; Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1939; GGE, 1939; SFMA, 1935, 1944, 1977; Rotunda Gal., City of Paris, San Fran., 1945; Stendahl Gals., Los Angeles, 1945; Labaudt Gal., San Fran., 1946-81; Crocker Mus., 1981

Member: Bohemian Cl.; Commonwealth Cl.; Beaux Arts Cl.; San Fran. AA; San Fran. A. Center; Fnd. Western A.; Am. A. Cong.

Work: Family C., San Fran.; Paramount Theatre, Oakland; Coit Mem. Tower, San Fran.; San Fran. Mus.; murals, Beach Chalet, Library, Washington School, Court House, all in San Fran.; USPO, Los Angeles. WPA artist.

Comments: Came to the U.S. in 1906 and worked as a costume designer in Nashville, TN before moving his family to California. Position: dir., Calif. Sch. Des. He founded a school of design with his wife Georgette and also taught his daughters Alvyne and Yliane (see entries on each). Labaudt was considered a pioneer in modern art in America, yet he died in a plane crash in India while on assignment as war correspondent. Also appears as Labaubt.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists in California, 320.