Oliver Ingraham Lay (c. 1845-1890), was an American portrait painter.
Lay received his earliest art education in the United States. He traveled to Europe in 1860 he returned to the United States and began his professional career as an artist. There was a regular exhibitor
Century Association
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and the
National Academy of Design
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Frederick Styles Agate, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, an ...
.
Died June 28, 1890, in
Stratford, Connecticut
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. He was buried at the New York Cemetery Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum.
He was married to Hester Marian Wait Lay (1845-1900), they had a son -
Charles Lay
Charles Downing Lay (September 3, 1877 – February 15, 1956) was an American landscape architect.
Early life and family estate
The son of Oliver Ingraham Lay, a professional painter, and Hester Marian Wait Lay, Charles Downing Lay was bo ...
(1877-1956) - American architect.
His works are in museum collections in the United States and England, including the National Academy of Design, the
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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, Art Gallery of the
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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(Stratford-upon-Avon, England).
Gallery
Oliver Ingraham Lay - Fidelia Bridges - undated, but before 1890 when artist died.jpg, Fidelia Bridges
Oliver Ingraham Lay - Edwin Booth as Hamlet - 1887.jpg, Edwin Booth as Hamlet, 1887
External links
Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay family papersOliver Ingraham Lay*
1840s births
1890 deaths
19th-century American painters
American male painters
19th-century American male artists
American portrait painters
Cooper Union alumni
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