John Lavalle

Background

Lavalle, John was born on June 24, 1896 in Nahant, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Alice Cornelia (Johnson) Lavalle.

Education

Student, Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1909-1914, Boston Museum School, 1919-1923, Julian’s Academy, Paris, France, 1925. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1918.

Career

Divorced 1947);; married 3d, Martha Nicholson Hoyt, January 3, 1948. Exhibited Pennsylvania Academy, National Academy of Design (New York). Boston Tercentenary Exposition, Art Institute (Chicago).

Corcoran Gallery of Artist

Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh). Salon des Artistes Francais.

And others Painted portraits in Europe and America.

Represented in Boston Museum and Brooklyn Museum.

Achievements

• John Lavalle has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Jury of Admission and Awards, Pennsylvania Academy, 1929, Boston Tercentenary Exposition, 1930. Member R.O.T.C., Plattsburg, New York, 1916. Served as Camouflage Officer with Air Force Camouflage School, Hamilton Field, California, Engineer Board, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and Africa-Middle East Wing in preparation for North. African landings.

Camouflage Officer for 12th Air Force for Sicily invasion.

Major 1944, Public Relations Officer for 12th Air Force in Italy. Painted over 100 portraits & landscapes for Mediterranean Allied Air Force which were exhibited in London.

Member Guild Boston Artists, Boston Society Water Color Painters, Copley Society of Boston (secretary 1926-1928), Grand Central Art Gallery Association, Rockport Art Association, North Shore Arts Association, American Veterans Society of Artists, American Watercolor Society. Clubs: Saint Botolph, Badminton and Tennis (Boston).

Connections

Married Ellen Tufts, October 4, 1919 (died January 8, 1932). Married second, Virginia Wilson, September 15, 1932. Married 3d, Martha Nicholson Hoyt, January 3, 1948.

Children: Alice (deceased), Mary Dean (deceased), John Edward, Ellen.

Father:

John Lavalle

Mother:

Alice Cornelia (Johnson) Lavalle

Spouse:

Martha Nicholson Hoyt

Spouse:

Ellen Tufts

Spouse:

Virginia Wilson

child:

Mary Dean Lavalle (deceased)

child:

John Edward Lavalle

child:

Alice Lavalle (deceased)

child:

Ellen Lavalle