biography of Alice Abraham LAZARD (1893-1972)

Birth place: New Orleans, LA

Death place: Highland Park, IL

Addresses: Highland Park, IL

Profession: Painter

Studied: Newcomb Col., Tulane Univ.; AIC; also with A. Archipenko, Briggs Dyer, F. Chapin; R. Davey

Exhibited: PAFA, 1925-29; AIC, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1936, 1939; Am. Lib. Color Slides, 1942; Springfield A. Mus., 1928; Evanston, IL, 1944, 1945; Northshore A. League, 1955 (second prize oil); Pan.-Am. Exhib., 1959; Ravinia Art Festival, 1959; Old Orchard Art Fairs; Avant-Garde Gal., NYC, 1959; Mason City, IA, 1959 (solo),1960 (solo); Chicago Soc. Artists, 1966 (silver med.); Suburban Art Ctr., 1969 (second prize watercolor).

Member: N. Shore A. League; Evanston A. Mart; AEA; Suburban Art Ctr.

Work: Miami MoMA, Fla; Vanderpool Coll.; Vanderpool Art Mus., Chicago, Ill.; Strassel Co. Art Gals., Louisville, Ky.; Sinai Temple Ctr., Chicago.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors, acrylics, casein.

Sources: WW73; WW47. More recently, see Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 230.