was a member of The Eight, Lawson painted in a more impressionistic
style and in lighter tones than did his peers in the pioneering group.
The Halifax-born artist spent much of his career in New York, and
frequently painted the city's rivers in winter, depicting the
effects of sunlight on frozen water and snow. A landscape
specialist, Lawson traveled extensively over the course of his
lifetime and captured on canvas the many places he visited: France,
Spain, New England, Missouri, Colorado and Florida among them.
Whether snowscapes or tropical scenes, his works incorporate bold
brushwork and thick impasto, providing them with distinctive
Lawson studied at New York's Art Students League and in Paris, as
well as with John Twachtman, who became an important mentor to him.
Though Lawson's works are marked by subtle tonal harmonies, he also
used rich colors as accent and counterpoint in the manner of a
musical composer, and often punctuated his panoramic views with
buildings and bridges, dramatic symbols of modernity in the