(1912-1946)
Vreelandt B. Lyman was an artist that worked in a variety of media, including watercolor and mainly tempera, focusing on the egg-based medium. Born in Buffalo, and growing up in parts of Michigan and Rhode Island, his family came back to Buffalo where he attended Park School and Lafayette High School. He worked as a designer for Claude Neon Sign Company, and as an instructor for the Civilian Conservation Corps, in Fort Niagara. He then studied for a short time with Alexandre Jacovleff at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston around 1934, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in 1935. From 1936-1943, Lyman worked with Frontier Engraving Company in Buffalo, starting as an assistant and later head of the masking department.
Much of Lyman's work was shown in various annual Western New York exhibitions, including the Albright-Knox, the Waligur-Doering Gallery, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. He was inducted into the army in 1943 and stationed in Calcutta, India where he gathered inspiration in his final years. While stationed, he completed many sketches and a few paintings, which consist of Indian scenes and subjects. Vreelandt Lyman died in Calcutta on February 7th, 1946.