Pedro Joseph de Lemos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPedro Joseph de Lemos
American designer, painter, printmaker, architect
Date of Birth: 25-May-1882
Place of Birth: Austin, Nevada, United States
Date of Death: 05-Dec-1954
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Pedro Joseph 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, patron of 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, California.
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