John-Laub-Obituary

John Laub

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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LAUBJOHN, 57, a well known landscape painter died of leukemia March 3, 2005, in New York. Born in Phila., he studied at the Philadelphia College of Art, Tyler School of Art and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He spent many years documenting the land-scapes of Fire Island, the Adirondacks,...

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Dear Bruce & Family:
It was with sadness that we read of John’s death in the New York Times. We were visiting a friend who is a subscriber of the NY Times. We met John and his family on a tip to South-east Asia more than fifteen years ago. We immediately bonded. The night prior to docking in Hong Kong John gave us his alarm clock and said that he would meet us on a specific deck and a specified time. He insisted that we had to experience coming into Hong Kong Harbor. It was a sight...

It was obvious even as a child, that John was a very gifted artist.

I hold such fond memories of our childhood, with little freckle-faced Johnny always smiling and up for making mischief. What fun we all had.

He will be long remembered and sorely missed.