Bird's The Word

Hunting for a perfect selection from the Pantages Portfolio? Well, all signs point to this great oil on board painting of a Pointer hard at work by artist Lawrence Lebduska. You can practically hear the wings flapping and panicked cries of the birds as the dog approaches.

Lawrence H. Lebduska (1894-1966) was born in America but moved to Germany with his parents when he was a child. He started out studying stained glass making but then discovered painting. He returned to the United States just before World War I and made a name for himself painting murals. He had his first solo exhibit in 1936; it is said that this show was the reason Abby Aldrich Rockefeller began collecting folk art. Lebduska's work is included in the permanent collections of many major museums, including the MoMA in NY, the Milwaukee Art Museum in WI; the Phoenix Art Museum in AZ, and many others.