thumb|La Paresse, 1900
Lawton S. Parker (7 April 1868 – 1954) was an American impressionist painter.
Biography
Born in Fairfield, Michigan, raised in Kearney, Nebraska, Parker studied at the Art Institute of Chicago beginning in 1886. After returning to the United States, in 1892 he was appointed professor of the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He became director of art at Beloit College in 1893, and president of the New York School of Art in 1898-99. Beginning 1903, he resided in Chicago and taught at the Art Institute.
He died at age 86 in Pasadena, California.