Robert L. Lambdin

American illustrator, 1886–1981

BiographyBorn in Dighton, Kansas, in 1886, Mr. Lambdin moved to Denver at the age of seven. He studied at the Reid School of Art in Denver and started his professional career as a newspaper artist by illustrating feature stories for Colliers, Cosmopolitan, Red Book and several other magazines. He also illustrated advertisements and books.
Although Robert Lambdin moved to Westport, CT in 1918 he continued to make frequent trips to the West to paint mountain landscapes and life on the Great Plains. Many of his murals can be found in the public buildings of Westport, CT from his WPA commissions as well as later mural projects in New York and Chicago. He was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters and the Artists'' Guild of New York.

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