Laurence Stauros Brumidi (1861–1920) received his first training in painting from his famous father, Constantino Brumidi. By age seventeen, he had produced a copy of a painting by Guido Reni; Brumidi sent this copy to Senator Justin Morrill, who wrote, “It is quite a pleasing picture, and considering the short time he has attempted any work of this kind, I think it betokens a talent of which his father may reasonably be hopeful.”
Laurence studied art in Rome for five years around 1880, winning a prize medal at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts. He was bitterly disappointed in not being chosen to complete his father’s Capitol frieze, but the Joint Committee on the Library finally paid him $1500 for the use of his father’s sketches. Eventually he became director of the Kansas City Art Association and School of Design in 1888.
He studied in Paris from 1893 to 1894, exhibiting work in the Salon and winning another medal. He painted portraits, landscapes, and church commissions. In 1916, however, he was judged insane and committed to St. Elizabeth’s mental hospital in Washington, D.C., where he died in 1920.
Laurence’s obituary stated: “He was of a retiring disposition, and was a keen student of all things pertaining to art.”
Laurence studied art in Rome for five years around 1880, winning a prize medal at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts. He was bitterly disappointed in not being chosen to complete his father’s Capitol frieze, but the Joint Committee on the Library finally paid him $1500 for the use of his father’s sketches. Eventually he became director of the Kansas City Art Association and School of Design in 1888.
He studied in Paris from 1893 to 1894, exhibiting work in the Salon and winning another medal. He painted portraits, landscapes, and church commissions. In 1916, however, he was judged insane and committed to St. Elizabeth’s mental hospital in Washington, D.C., where he died in 1920.
Laurence’s obituary stated: “He was of a retiring disposition, and was a keen student of all things pertaining to art.”
Laurence Stauros Brumidi (1861–1920) received his first training in painting from his famous father, Constantino Brumidi. By age seventeen, he had produced a copy of a painting by Guido Reni; Brumidi sent this copy to Senator Justin Morrill, who wrote, “It is quite a pleasing picture, and considering the short time he has attempted any work of this kind, I think it betokens a talent of which his father may reasonably be hopeful.”
Laurence studied art in Rome for five years around 1880, winning a prize medal at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts. He was bitterly disappointed in not being chosen to complete his father’s Capitol frieze, but the Joint Committee on the Library finally paid him $1500 for the use of his father’s sketches. Eventually he became director of the Kansas City Art Association and School of Design in 1888.
He studied in Paris from 1893 to 1894, exhibiting work in the Salon and winning another medal. He painted portraits, landscapes, and church commissions. In 1916, however, he was judged insane and committed to St. Elizabeth’s mental hospital in Washington, D.C., where he died in 1920.
Laurence’s obituary stated: “He was of a retiring disposition, and was a keen student of all things pertaining to art.”
Laurence studied art in Rome for five years around 1880, winning a prize medal at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts. He was bitterly disappointed in not being chosen to complete his father’s Capitol frieze, but the Joint Committee on the Library finally paid him $1500 for the use of his father’s sketches. Eventually he became director of the Kansas City Art Association and School of Design in 1888.
He studied in Paris from 1893 to 1894, exhibiting work in the Salon and winning another medal. He painted portraits, landscapes, and church commissions. In 1916, however, he was judged insane and committed to St. Elizabeth’s mental hospital in Washington, D.C., where he died in 1920.
Laurence’s obituary stated: “He was of a retiring disposition, and was a keen student of all things pertaining to art.”
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