Carl Laubin

Carl Laubin (born in 1947) is an American-British painter who specializes in architectural painting. He studied architecture and worked for architectural firms in London before he became a full-time painter in 1988. In the 1980s and 1990s, he made oil paintings that were used as architectural illustrations, notably for proposed buildings and redevelopments by Jeremy Dixon, Léon Krier and John Simpson.

As an independent painter, Laubin is known for his capricci in oil, depicting real and imaginary buildings. He has painted groups of buildings by individual architects composed into imaginary cities. Laubin received the Arthur Ross Prize for Fine Art in 2017 and the Henry Hope Reed Award in 2019.

Early life and career Carl Laubin was born in New York City in 1947. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1973, he moved to London and worked for British architectural firms. He worked for Douglas Stephen and Partners in 1973–1983 and Jeremy Dixon of Building Design Partnership in 1984–1986. In the 1980s and 1990s he worked prominently as a perspective illustrator for architects and developers. He became a British citizen in 2000.

Paintings At first, Laubin painted in oil in his spare time while studying and working for architectural firms. He became a full-time painter in 1988.

Laubin specializes in architectural painting, notably capricci. His subjects have included existing, proposed, modified and entirely imaginary buildings. He has created large capricci that depict imaginary cities consisting entirely of buildings by a single architect.