Martin Luther King Jr.
Colonial Savings and Loan Association commissioned artist Lyle Suter to paint a portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. for the MLK, Jr. Hospital in 1971.
Lyle Suter was a renowned American artist and educator. With his wife Joan, he managed and worked with others, creating the highly successful BHHS Multi-Cultural Program, an inter-district integration program between the school districts of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. The program graduated hundreds of outstanding minority students from BHHS from 1971 to 2011 while improving the cultural and social experience of BHHS resident students. Professionally Lyle became one of the top American artists and portrait painters, both nationally and locally of distinguished individuals, including his 1971 commission by Colonial Savings and Loan to do the official portrait of Martin Luther King for the new MLK Hospital in Los Angeles.
Show LessLyle Suter was a renowned American artist and educator. With his wife Joan, he managed and worked with others, creating the highly successful BHHS Multi-Cultural Program, an inter-district integration program between the school districts of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. The program graduated hundreds of outstanding minority students from BHHS from 1971 to 2011 while improving the cultural and social experience of BHHS resident students. Professionally Lyle became one of the top American artists
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