Artist

Lee Lawrie

born Rixford, Germany 1877-died Easton, MD 1963
Also known as
  • Lee Oskar Lawrie
  • Lee O. Lawrie
  • Lee O. Laurie
Born
Rixford, Germany
Died
Easton, Maryland, United States
Biography

Born in Germany, Lee Lawrie arrived in the United States when he was very young, and began working in sculptor Richard Henry Park’s Chicago studio when he was only fourteen. In 1908, Lawrie began teaching at the Yale School of Fine Arts and the Harvard School of Architecture. One of his most notable designs depicts President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the American dime.