Frederick Leach (from an artist supplied vitae)

Education : Butler Institute of American Art ; Cleveland Institute of Art.

Awards : 1964 elected a lifetime member of American Watercolor Society; 1980 awarded the Dolphin Fellowship; 1985 Watercolor Honor Society Watercolor USA.

Holdings:
Butler Institute of American Art; Springfield Art Museum; Canton Art Museum; Lumber Specialty company; Frye Museum of Art; Znaesville Art Institute; Lorain Community Hospital.

Honors :
Cleveland Museum of Art; Watercolor USA; American Watercolor Society; Virginia Beach Boardwalk Show; Canton Art Show; Hudson Rotary Show; Lakewood Arts Festival; Alliance Arts Festival; Ohio Watercolor Society; High Winds Medallion; AWS 1982-83 Best of Show; Boston Mills Arts Festival; 1985 Grumbacher Gold Medal; Ohio Watercolor Society.

Juried :
Watercolor USA; Regional Shows in Youngstown; South Western Regional Society; Wichita Centennial Watercolor Exhibit

Fred Leach studied at the Butler Institute of American Art and the Cleveland Institute of Art. He was elected a lifetime member of the American Watercolor Society in 1964 and was awarded the Dolphin Fellowship in 1980. His paintings are in numerous public and private collections including the Butler Institute of American Art, Springfield Art Museum, Zanesville Art Institute, and others. Fred Leach passed away in 2006.