The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant, www.pkart.com

Lawrence Carmichael Earle was born on November 11, 1845 in New York City and died on November 20, 1921 in Grand Rapids, MI. Working in both oil and watercolor, he painted landscapes, genre, farm scenes, still lifes, murals, fish, butterflies, coastal scenes and portraits.

The Boston Art Club lists his addresses as Webber Music Hall, Chicago, IL, in 1887; 253 West 42nd Street, New York City in 1892; and Montclair, NJ in 1895.

Earle studied in Munich, Florence, and Rome and held memberships in the National Academy of Design, associate in 1897; the American Watercolor Society in New York City; the Artist's Fund Society in New York City; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the New York Watercolor Club.

Earle exhibited with the National Academy of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago, the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago and, from 1887 to 1900, the Boston Art Club. He decorated the Chicago National Bank with murals and his work is represented in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; the National Academy of Design; Stanford University in Stanford, CA; the Dallas Museum of Art; the State Museum of Michigan in Lansing; the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, TN.

References: Who Was Who in American Art, vol. I, page 179; Davenport's Art Reference 2001/2002, page 589; Mantle Fielding, 1986, page 247; Mallett, page 122; Dealer's Choice Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters... page 402; Boston Art Club Exhibition Record 1873-1909, page 156; Smithsonian Institution Research Information System.