Pedro de Lemos | |
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Born | Pedro Joseph de Lemos May 25, 1882 |
Died | December 5, 1954 | (aged 72)
Other names | Pedro Lemos |
Education | Art Students League of New York, Columbia University |
Alma mater | San Francisco Art Institute |
Known for | Painting, drawing, printmaking, lecturer, writing, art educator |
Movement | Arts and Crafts Movement |
Spouse | Reta de Lemos |
Pedro Joseph de Lemos (25 May 1882 – 5 December 1954) was an American painter, printmaker, architect, illustrator, writer, lecturer, museum director and art educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to about 1930 he used the simpler name Pedro Lemos or Pedro J. Lemos; between 1931 and 1933 he changed the family name to de Lemos, believing that he was related to the Count de Lemos (1576–1622), patron of Miguel de Cervantes. Much of his work was influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock printing and the Arts and Crafts Movement. He became prominent in the field of art education, and he designed several unusual buildings in Palo Alto and Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.[1]