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Lyman Byxbe (1886-1980)
Lyman Byxbe was born in Pittsfield, IL. He was an etcher and a teacher. Lyman Byxbe studied M.N. Levings. Exhibitions of Lyman Byxbe's works are exhibited at: Smithsonian Inst., 1937; NGA, 1937 (solo); SAE; Northwest Pr. M.; Int. Pr. M.; Kansas City AI; LOC; Chicago SE; Grand Central A. Gal. He was a member of the Chicago Society of Etchers. Lyman Byxbe died in Longmont, CO.
Born in Ilinois, Lyman Byxbe eventually became a commercial artist. While working in Omaha, Nebraska about 1926, he became acquainted with Mark Levings, an architect who taught Byxbe the etching process. According to a story in The Prints of Lyman Byxbe by R. Crump, Byxbe’s daughter, Alice, stated that his first etching was so good technically that Levings told him to go home. He didn’t need any help.
Byxbe and his wife went to Estes Park each summer. By 1930, he had such a successful business making etchings for residents and tourists that he moved there in 1934. His etchings were mostly small which allowed many to have an original Lyman Byxbe print of one of the scenic vistas of the Rocky Mountain National Park area.
Byxbe began to get national recognition for his work by the mid 1930’s. He joined the Chicago Society of Etchers. He was also invited to exhibit his work in a one-man show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Some of his prints can be found in the Congressional Library. Some of his work was reproduced in newspapers and magazines. An exhibition of his work was hung at the Joslyn Memorial Art Museum in Omaha and a print of the Museum is below.
Biography information found at:
Who's Who in American Art
The Prints of Lyman Byxbe by Robert L. Crump.
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