Lee Oscar Lawrie was an American architectural sculptor and an important figure in the American sculpture scene preceding World War II. Over his long career of more than 300 commissions Lawrie's style evolved through Modern Gothic, to Beaux-Arts, Classicism, and, finally, into Moderne or Art Deco.
Lee Lawrie
Lawrie's Atlas in Rockefeller Center on Fifth Avenue in New York City, opposite St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Reredos of Saint Thomas Church, at Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City
Joseph Kiselewski sculpted this bust of his mentor Lee Lawrie.
Architectural sculpture is the use of sculptural techniques by an architect and/or sculptor in the design of a building, bridge, mausoleum or other such project. The sculpture is usually integrated with the structure, but freestanding works that are part of the original design are also considered to be architectural sculpture. The concept overlaps with, or is a subset of, monumental sculpture.
Pedimental sculpture in Sacramento, California, by 1928, following a style for ancient Greek temples
Luxor Obelisk
The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion, Athens, 421–407 BC
Bust sculptures of Raphael, Phidias and Donato Bramante by C. E. Sjöstrand on the facade of Ateneum in Helsinki, Finland
