| Paul Landacre | ||
| Birth Date: July 9, 1893 |
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| Death Date: June 3, 1963 Artist Gallery |
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| Born in Columbus, Ohio on July 9, 1893, Paul Landacre, while a student at Ohio State University, contracted a streptococcus infection which left him crippled for life. Upon graduation in 1916, he relocated to the milder climate of southern California. He soon began his career in a San Diego advertising agency and about 1922 settled in Los Angeles where he remained.
In 1926 he quit his job as a commercial artist to concentrate on printmaking. He became one of the most skilled printmakers in the United States and spent a life time on wood engravings and illustrated numerous books. Landacre taught wood engraving at Otis Art Institute until his suicide on June 3, 1963.
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