About Lee Court

  • Biography

    Known for his shore scenes of Monhegan Island, Maine and New England snowscapes, Lee Winslow Court was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and from 1925 to 1960, was Director of Displays and designer for Filene's department store in Boston. In 1925, he made his first trip to Monhegan and returned every summer for the remainder of his life, building a studio there in 1958. Court also painted in the Antarctic, Ireland, the Canadian Rockies and the Norwegian Arctic regions.

    Lee Court took his art training at Massachusetts College of Art with Ernest Major, Cyrus Dalin, Richard Andrews and Wilbur Hamilton. In 1922, he was a student of Aldro Hibbard in Rockport, Massachusetts. Memberships included the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Copley S...

    But wait, there's more...

    Displaying 1,627 of 1,627 characters.

    Subscriber Members, please Sign In for full artist biographies and all services.

    For non-paying users, good news! Full text bios for all artists are available every Friday.

    If you are not currently a member, please See Details about membership.

** If you discover credit omissions or have additional information to add, please let us know at .

Share an image of the Artist: .