Matt Lamb

Matt Lamb (7 April 1932 – February 18, 2012) was an American painter.

Life Matt Lamb was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1932. He was the son of a funeral director Matt Lamb Sr. who bought the Blake-Lamb funeral home in 1928. At the age of 18 Matt Lamb Jr. became a partner in the business and transformed the funeral parlor into a prominent chain of funeral enterprises. He married Rosemarie Graham, in 1954, and produced four children. Lamb's business expanded to six different locations by 1970 and continued to expand. In his late 40s, Lamb was diagnosed with mononucleosis complicated by chronic active hepatitis and sarcoidosis of the liver. Repeated medical tests at the Mayo Clinic showed that none of the diseases were still present. He had either been misdiagnosed or miraculously cured. He sold his funeral business in 1986 and opened his first painting studio in Chicago. Lamb decided to use his remaining time to spread his message of peace, tolerance, hope, communication, and love among men with his works of art. In 1988, he established two more studios in Florida and, in 1990, in Wisconsin.

In 1994 Lamb became president of Midwest Patrons of the Arts, Vatican Museum, and director of Vatican Museum Foundation, New York, and opened a fourth studio in Mettlach-Tünsdorf. He opened a fifth studio in 2000 in Paris.

In 2001 the artist created his project "The Lamb Umbrellas for Peace" in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Selected exhibitions 1996

Palais du Glace, Buenos Aires Sixtie Chapel, Vatican Museum

2000

Millennium Project Westminster Cathedral, London

2003

Presentation of Lamb Umbrellas for Peace in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, in the German Bundestag in Berlin, im House of Lords und im House of Commons, London Picasso Museum, Horta, Spain

2004

Centre Miró, Mont-roig, Catalonien Irish Museum, Ireland

2007

Hermitage, Russian Museum St. Petersburg Kleisthaus, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin, Deutschland Real Artistic Circle, Barcelona, Spanien Maricel Museum, Sitges, Spain Pia Almoina, Barcelona, Spain

2013

Pakistan Dead Sea, Jordan German Tax Payers Association Französische Berlin, Germany JW Marriott, Dubai Various locations throughout Cork, Ireland Opening of the 1st Berlin (Germany) daycare center "Matt Lamb" of TWSD (Trägerwerk Soziale Dienste gGmbH) Košice, Slovakia

2014

Mending Kids International Fundraiser at House of Blues LA, California, USA