Discipline: Visual Art – painting

Lawrence Warshaw

Discipline: Visual Art – painting
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1964, 2002

Lawrence Warshaw had his digital photographs exhibited February-April 2002 at Exit Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, and Wooster St. Gallery. The theme focused on life in New York City and reactions to 9/11/01. His paintings were completed prior to 9/11, however, since his studio was affected by the disaster, all painting had been curtailed during the following months. Since the studio could no longer be used, MacDowell offered him a two week residency to have time and space to revitalize and renew his directions in painting.

Studios

Firth

Lawrence Warshaw worked in the Firth studio.

Originally a working barn perched atop the namesake hill of Hillcrest Farm, this building was converted to serve the arts in 1956. A grand set of windows was installed to make the large interior suitable for visual artists, bringing in abundant natural light from the north. The addition of a screened porch and accessible entrance ramp…

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