Lawrence Blazey

An advertising artist and industrial designer by trade, Cleveland native Lawrence Blazey produced paintings and ceramics throughout his long career. After graduating from the Cleveland School of Art in 1924, he was awarded a scholarship to study at the Slade School in London. Returning to Cleveland, he taught advertising art in evening programs at his alma mater. From the 1930s through the 1980s, he worked in advertising and industrial design for various firm in Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, and Toledo. In the 1930s and 1940s he painted regularly and showed his works in solo exhibitions at...