Chaney, Lester Joseph (1907-1998)

Artist Exhibits in Twin City
Lester J. Chaney, an internationally recognized marine painter, has loaned to Washington High school, East Chicago, some of his paintings for an exhibit. The pictures are in the hall in front of room 215.
Chaney was born in Hungary. His family moved to this country when he was three years old.

He attended school at Pullman High and the Art Institute. His ability and skill were recognized by Leon Lundmark, who was recognized as the greatest marine painter in the Chicago area, and he became a protégé of the great artist.

After six years of study with Lundmark, he went to the Maine coast, where he painted under the supervision of C.H. Woodbury and Frederick J. Waugh. His paintings hang in galleries as far as Bergen, Norway and as far west as Sydney, Australia. He has been asked to exhibit in London, England, and Paris, France.

Besides working the steel plant during the war he painted and exhibited pictures from Maine to California. He prefers the realistic pictures. In his spare time he helps out at a Chicago studio where his pictures are exhibited.

Although Chaney is listed in Who’s Who in American Artists and the Modern Review of Paris as a marine painter, he is also an accomplished landscape painter. Warren Woods, Golden Sands, Landscape Symphony, and Morning Fantasy are pictures that may be viewed before June 1 at the school.



Source:
The Times (Newspaper) (Munster, Indiana) 23 May, 1948.
Submitted by Edward P. Bentley, Art Researcher and Historian, Greenville, Michigan.

A Chicago-area painter known for marine scenes, Lester Chaney studied with Charles Woodbury and Leon Lundmark and at the Art Institute of Chicago.

He exhibited at the Union League Club and the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists.
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Treadway Toomey Galleries