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==Collaborations with Cram and Goodhue== Lawrie's collaborations with [[Ralph Adams Cram]] and [[Bertram Goodhue]] brought him to the forefront of architectural sculptors in the United States. After the breakup of the Cram, Goodhue firm in 1914, Lawrie continued to work with Goodhue until the architect died in 1924. He next worked with Goodhue's successors. Lawrie sculpted numerous bas reliefs for [[El Fureidis]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montecitoparadise.com |title=Welcome to |website=www.montecitoparadise.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203093645/http://www.montecitoparadise.com/ |archive-date=2011-02-03}}</ref> an estate in [[Montecito, California]] designed by Goodhue. The bas reliefs depict the Arthurian Legends and remain intact at the estate today. The [[Nebraska State Capitol]] and the [[Los Angeles Public Library]] both feature extensive sculptural programs integrated with the surface, massing, spatial grammar, and social function of the building. Lawrie's collaborations with Goodhue are arguably the most highly developed example of architectural sculpture in American architectural history. Lawrie served as a consultant to the 1933-34 [[Century of Progress International Exposition]] in Chicago. He was a member of the [[National Institute of Arts and Letters]], the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]], the [[National Academy of Design]], and the [[Architectural League of New York]]. Among his many awards was the [[AIA Gold Medal]] of the [[American Institute of Architects]] in 1921 and 1927, a medal of honor from the Architectural League of New York in 1931, and an honorary degree from Yale University. He served on the [[U.S. Commission of Fine Arts]] in Washington, DC from 1933 to 1937 and again from 1945 to 1950; it oversees federal public works and artwork in the city.<ref>Thomas E. Luebke, ed., ''Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix b, p. 548.</ref> [[File:Bust of Lee Lawrie created by his former assistant Joseph Kiselewski.jpg|thumb|[[Joseph Kiselewski]] sculpted this bust of his mentor Lee Lawrie.]] A bust of Lawrie was sculpted Joseph Kiselewski. The Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland likely commissioned [[Kiselewski, Joseph|Kiselewski]] to do the bust. Lawrie was a co-founder of the museum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sculpture |url=https://www.kiselewskisculpture.com/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Joseph Kiselewski |language=en}}</ref> Kiselewski worked with Lawrie in the early years of his career prior to going to France to study. ===Commissions related to Goodhue=== [[File:Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library-reliefs.jpg|thumb|right|Reliefs at the Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library]] [[Image:Sculpture at the Entrance to Rockefeller Chapel UofChicago.jpg|right|upright=1|thumb|Lawrie's work at [[Rockefeller Chapel]], [[University of Chicago]], circa 1929]] * Marble reliefs above the windows of the [[Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library]], [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]], 1902 (Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=William |title=5 gems of Rhode Island architecture |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/5-gems-of-rhode-island-architecture |access-date=February 19, 2019 |newspaper=The Providence Journal |date=February 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sayles Library Reliefs by Lee Lawrie |url=http://pawtucketpublicart.com/Artists/lawrie.html |website=Pawtucket Public Art |access-date=February 19, 2019 |quote=The reliefs represent the first ever commission won by Lawrie}}</ref> * Chapel at West Point, [[West Point, New York]] (Cram and Goodhue) * Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, New York City (Cram and Goodhue) * Pulpit and Lectern and Apse carvings at [[St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)|St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church]], (Cram and Goodhue) * [[Reredos]] at [[Saint Thomas Church (New York City)|Saint Thomas Church]] on Fifth Avenue in New York City (Cram and Goodhue) * Reredos at [[St. John's Episcopal Church (West Hartford, Connecticut)]] (Goodhue) *Reredos panel at [[St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo|St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo Episcopal Church]], [[Tuxedo Park, New York]] (Goodhue)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tachau|first=Hanna|date=August 1922|title=Lee Lawrie - Architectural Sculptor|url=https://archive.org/details/internationalstu75newy/page/394/mode/1up?view=theater|journal=International Studio|pages=394|via=archive.org}}</ref> * [[Nebraska State Capitol]], [[Lincoln, Nebraska]] (Goodhue) * [[Los Angeles Public Library]], [[Los Angeles, California]] (Goodhue) * Trinity English Lutheran Church, [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]] (Goodhue) * [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] Building in [[Washington, D.C.]] (Goodhue) * [[Rockefeller Chapel]], [[University of Chicago]], [[Chicago, Illinois]] (Goodhue) * [[Christ Church Cranbrook]], in [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]] (Goodhue) * [[Church of the Heavenly Rest]], New York City ([[Mayers Murray & Phillip]])
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