Lionel Barrymore

Description

This personal portrait portfolio and category name is called “HOLLYWOOD“. I prepared is category to show my versatility and to demonstrate my talent in portrait painting and charcoal drawings.  Most of these performers have inspired me in personality, and talent throughout my life. Anyone who are interested in a commissioned personal portrait from CobbWeb Designs and Illustrations, may get an idea of the artist’s dedication, spirituality, and talent in realism.

Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954), in Philadelphia, PA. Lionel was raised as a Roman Catholic, he attended private school at Episcopal Academy. Barrymore graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School, the Roman Catholic college prep school, in the class of 1891, including the Art Students League of New York.

Barrymore became an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra‘s 1946 film, It’s a Wonderful Life. Barrymore’s acting career spanned from him joining Biograph Studios in 1909 and began to appear in leading roles by 1911 in films directed by D. W. Griffith. Barrymore made The Battle (1911), The New York Hat (1912), Friends and Three Friends (1913). In 1915 he co-starred with Lillian Russell in a movie called Wildfire, one of the legendary Russell’s few film appearances. He also was involved in writing and directing Biograph. The last silent film he directed, Life’s Whirlpool (Metro Pictures 1917), starred his sister, Ethel. He acted in more than 60 silent films with Griffth. In 1920, Barrymore reprised his stage role in the film adaptation of The Copperhead. Also in 1920, he starred in the lead role of The Master Mind with Gypsy O’Brien co-starring.