Lawrence Edwin Blazey

(1902-1999) was an American artist and teacher, listed in "Who's Who in American Art". Blazey attended the Cleveland Institute of Art and later returned to lecture and teach at his alma mater. Blazey was most well known for his paintings of urban areas during the 1920's through the 30's - several of which are displayed at the Cleveland Museum of Art. He also has pieces at the Butler Museum of Art and in the Cleveland Municipal Collection. He was a painter and advertising illustrator, and also worked with ceramic, gouache, pencil, and enamel. He was part of a core group of Cleveland artists who sported a bohemian existence, and later became known as the Cleveland School Artists. While working with Cowan Pottery he developed their glazes.

**http://www.aspireauctions.com/auction32/details/4684.html (Tree Landscape, c. 1920)
**http://www.tfaoi.com/am/1am/1am306.jpg(Church at Porto Penso, Mexico, c. 1928)
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