"American artist who also signed himself Stephen Lawrence or just Lawrence; some covers attributed to Lawrence were actually the work of his son Peter Stevens (1920-2001). #sthash.ImxheOBt.dpuf http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stevens_lawrence_sterne "...born Dec. 4, 1884 in Pontiac, Michigan. His father, Reverend Lawrence Sterne Stevens, M.A., Rector of the Zion Protestant Episcopal Church, a passionate visionary leader, whose portrait still hangs in the church, was 62 at the time of his birth. The mother, Kate, was 38, and had previously given birth to 6 children. Lawrence Sterne Stevens was the youngest. ... In 1905 at age 21 he moved to Minneapolis, to work as a newspaper pressman and cartoonist for The Minneapolis Journal. He attended night classes at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts on the top floor of the public library, at Hennepin and 10th Streets. He studied under the German born artist, Robert Koehler. Koehler was the most outstanding artist in Minneapolis at that time. ... He visited the U.S. from 1906 to 1910. In 1907 Mucha earned a regular income teaching at art schools in New York and Chicago. While travelling by train between these cities, Mucha stopped in Minneapolis and visited his former teacher and met his star pupil, Lawrence Stevens. With the encouragement of Koehler and Mucha, Lawrence Stevens moved to Belgium in 1910 to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. While in Belgium he became friendly with the famous writer, Arthur Canon Doyle. In 1914 the German Army invaded Belgium and the British declared war. As an American citizen, Stevens was forced to flee to England, where he joined the U. S. Navy. His language skills and four years of residence in Belgium was a value asset to the Office of Naval Intelligence. He soon held the rank... http://www.pulpartists.com/Stevens,L.html undefined

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