Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton RCA or as he was known in his professional life L. A. C. Panton (1894 – 1954) was a Canadian painter and educator. Panton was active in many organizations, including the Ontario Society of Artists (member in 1925, President 1931–1937), the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC/SCPA) which he helped found in 1925,[4] the Canadian Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, the Canadian Group of Painters, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (full member 1943),[5] the Federation of Canadian Artists (1942, chairman, Ontario Division, 1945), and the Arts and Letters Club (President 1953–1954). He also worked with the Fine Arts Committee of the Canadian National Exhibition and the National Industrial Design Committee