early life and training Ernest Lawson, a luminary of American Impressionism, was born on March 22nd, 1873, in the vibrant coastal city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. His early years were shaped by his family’s move to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1888, where his father established a successful medical practice. This relocation marked the beginning of Lawson's artistic journey, as he began formal training at the Kansas City Art Institute between 1888 and 1889. However, it was his subsequent enrollment at the prestigious Art Students League in New York City in 1891 that truly ignited his passio…