biography of Lorin Hartwell THOMPSON (1911-1997)

Birth place: Pittsburg, PA

Addresses: Pittsburg, PA

Profession: Mural painter, decorator, etcher, illustrator, lithographer, teacher

Studied: A. Kostellow, N. MacGilvary; S. Rosenberg, E. Warner, E.M. Ashe; CI

Exhibited: 48 States Comp., 1939 (prize); AIC

Member: Pittsburg AA

Work: WPA murals, USPOs, Altoona, PA, Mercer PA, Pascagoula, MS; murals, Aluminum Co. Am.; Mellon inst., Pittsburg; Somerset (PA) H.S.; Duquesne Club, Pittsburg

Comments: Teaching: Ad-Art Studio Sch., Pittsburg.

Sources: WW47.