Object ID	N0012.2000
Title	Self-Portrait, Asleep with Creatures
Artist	Lebduska, Lawrence
Object Name	Painting
Early Date	1943
Exhibit label line3	Lawrence Lebduska's eye for fantasy, his love of animals, and his exceptional ability to draw and use color, make him one of the more important folk artists of the 20th century. Lebduska was born in Baltimore but returned with his parents to Czechoslovakia where he was trained in the art of stained glass and decorating. Upon his return to the United States, he worked for Elsie de Wolfe painting decorative murals and later opened his own decorating shop. Lebduska favored horses, which he had an opportunity to study up close while living on his uncle's farm in Maryland. Lebduska's bold and realistic paintings were quite popular in the 1930s and 1940s.
Description	Self-Portrait, Asleep with Creatures Marks: Signed and dated lower left: "Lebduska/43"
Classification	Folk Art--Painting/Drawing--Scene--Landscape
Material	Oil on canvas
Makers mark	Signed and dated lower left: "Lebduska/43"

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