Background
Hornby, Lester George was born on March 27, 1882 in at Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Henry and Ella May (Given) Hornby.
Hornby, Lester George was born on March 27, 1882 in at Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Henry and Ella May (Given) Hornby.
Public schools; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1890-1892. Pape School of Art, Boston, 1894-1895. Lectures, Brown U., and Art Students’ League, New York: art schools, Paris, 1906-1907-08, under Jean Paul Laurens and other masters.
Represented in The Art Institute of Chicago of Chicago, Museum of Arts, Detroit, New York Public Library, Boston Public Library, Library of Congress, Washington, Fine Art Society, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, S. Kensington, Galerie Ernst Arnold, Dresden, Salon des Artistes Français, Paris, Museum Fine Arts, Boston. Exhibited in principal art centres of America and Europe. Pape silver medal, Chicago Society Etchers, 1910.
Director American Art Association of Paris, 1907-1908. Illustrator of many works. Address: Boston, Massachusetts *.
Married Cambridge, Massachusetts, Margaret Boyd, of Seattle, Washington, February 24, 1911.