Alfred Kingsley Lawrence RA (1893–1975) was a British painter and muralist, born in Lewes, Sussex. He studied at the King Edward VII School of Art in Newcastle upon Tyne under Richard George Hatton, before continuing his training at the Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1923 under William Rothenstein. In his final year, Lawrence was awarded the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1923, which enabled him to spend two years at the British School at Rome.
Lawrence was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1930 and became a full Academician in 1938. He also exhibited regularly with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and was elected to its membership in 1947. Among his most notable public works are murals commissioned for the Laing Art Gallery, the Palace of Westminster, and the Bank of England. His portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh were reproduced in Artwork magazine in the September–November 1927 issue.
Works by Lawrence are held in numerous public collections, including the City of London Corporation, Fife Council, the Hatton Gallery, the Imperial War Museum, the Laing Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Scotland, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Trust, the Royal Air Force Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. He died in Kensington, London, in 1975.
Lawrence was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1930 and became a full Academician in 1938. He also exhibited regularly with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and was elected to its membership in 1947. Among his most notable public works are murals commissioned for the Laing Art Gallery, the Palace of Westminster, and the Bank of England. His portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh were reproduced in Artwork magazine in the September–November 1927 issue.
Works by Lawrence are held in numerous public collections, including the City of London Corporation, Fife Council, the Hatton Gallery, the Imperial War Museum, the Laing Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Scotland, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Trust, the Royal Air Force Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. He died in Kensington, London, in 1975.