biographie de John LAVALLE (1896-1971)
Birth place: Nahant, MA
Addresses: Boston, MA; NYC
Profession: Painter
Studied: Harvard Univ. (A.B.); BMFA Sch. with Philip Hale; Académie Julian, Paris; Jean Francis Auburtin in Paris.
Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1922-34; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1923, 1926; NAD; Boston Soc. WC Painters, 1927-42; Rockport AA, 1927-42; CM, 1940; AAPL, 1947 (prize); Providence A. Cl., 1953 (prize); NAC, 1955 (med.); AWCS; All. A. Am.; Am. Veteran's Soc. A.; SC; Century Assn.; AIC; Carnegie Inst.; Albright A. Gal.; Milwaukee AI; BMFA; Newport AA; Balt. WC Cl.
Member: Gld. Boston A.; AWCS; Am. Veteran's Soc. A.; Century Assn.; Boston Soc. WC Painters; Copley Soc.; Rockport AA; SC; Providence A. Cl.; North Shore AA.
Work: BM; BMFA; U.S. Army Air Forces Coll.; British Air Ministry; Harvard Univ.; St. Paul's Sch., Concord, NH; Columbia Univ. Cl.; Harvard Cl.; Parrish Mus.; Brown Univ.; Long Island Univ.; Amherst Col.; Boston Col.; Court House, Morristown, NJ; Mass. State Coll.
Comments: Illustrator: Mediterranean Sweep, 1944; Bay Window Ballads. He painted in Bermuda in 1939.
Sources: WW59; Falk, Exh. Record Series.