Harry B. Lachman (American 1886–1975)

Bedford Fine Art Gallery

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Oil on Canvas, 19.75 x 23.75 inches/Signed lower right

Painter Bio: Harry B. Lachman (American 1886–1975)

19th century artist Harry Lachman was born in LaSalle, Illinois and was orphaned at the age ten. He attended the University of Michigan and the Art Institute of Chicago. After the turn of the 20th century, Lachman moved to Chicago where he was an illustrator and cover artist for the original Cosmopolitan magazine, Coltiers and The Saturday Evening Post and others. Circa 1911, Lachman traveled to Paris, France for art study and quickly became known for his post-Impressionism paintings. Five of his works were purchased by the French Government for the Musée du Luxembourg. He was active in New Orleans, Louisiana circa 1916–1920. In 1922 the French government decorated him with the Cross of the Legion of Honor for his artistic achievements. In the mid-1920s, Lachman was successful film director in in France and England. In 1933 he came Hollywood, California and was signed by 20th Century-Fox, where he directed “Dante’s Inferno” (1935), Laurel and Hardy’s “Our Relations” (1936), several Charlie Chan movies, “The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe” (1942), and “Dr. Renault’s Secret” (1942). In 1943, Lachman returned to painting. Lachman was a member of Société des Artistes et Sculpteurs; Société Paris Moderne; Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (1922). He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1913); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1914); New Orleans Art Association (1916); New Orleans Museum of Art (1920).

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