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1907 New York City - 2001 Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Known for: Avant-garde figure, marine, still life and landscape painting.
James Lechay was a painter of figures, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes who played a notable role in the tradition of avant-garde painting in New York and in the Midwest. An artist who defied... Read full biography
James Lechay was a painter of figures, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes who played a notable role in the tradition of avant-garde painting in New York and in the Midwest. An artist who defied categorization, he assimilated the precepts of modern European and American art, evolving a spare,... Read full biography
James Lechay was a painter of figures, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes who played a notable role in the tradition of avant-garde painting in New York and in the Midwest. An artist who defied categorization, he assimilated the precepts of modern European and American art, evolving a spare, semi-abstract style with expressionist overtones; as Lechay himself put it, he was an "abstract impressionist" who followed his own artistic agenda throughout the course of his career. James Lechay was... Read full biography
James Lechay was a painter of figures, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes who played a notable role in the tradition of avant-garde painting in New York and in the Midwest. An artist who defied categorization, he assimilated the precepts of modern European and American art, evolving a spare, semi-abstract style with expressionist overtones; as Lechay himself put it, he was an "abstract impressionist" who followed his own artistic agenda throughout the course of his career. James Lechay was born in New York on July 5, 1907. He spent his childhood in Brooklyn; when he was thirteen his mother died, and he was sent to live with an uncle in Illinois. Lechay went on to attend the University of Illinois, where he received a B.A. in psychology... Read full biography
James Lechay was a painter of figures, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes who played a notable role in the tradition of avant-garde painting in New York and in the Midwest. An artist who defied categorization, he assimilated the precepts of modern European and American art, evolving a spare, semi-abstract style with expressionist overtones; as Lechay himself put it, he was an "abstract impressionist" who followed his own artistic agenda throughout the course of his career. James Lechay was born in New York on July 5, 1907. He spent his childhood in Brooklyn; when he was thirteen his mother died, and he was sent to live with an uncle in Illinois. Lechay went on to attend the University of Illinois, where he received a B.A. in psychology in 1928. In 1929 he dropped out of graduate school to study with his brother, the painter Myron Lechay (1898-1972). He then traveled th... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997Marquis Who's Who1,515 pagesGracious Plenty American Still-Life Art from Southern Collections
1996Pennington, Estill Curtis127 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesThe American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy376 pages (color)Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesAmerican Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)88 pages (color)Paintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds273 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesThe Art Collection of the First National Bank of Chicago
1974Kuh, Katherine (Foreward); Gaylord Freeman (Intro)274 pages (color)Catalogue of The Roland P Murdock Collection Wichita Art Museum
1972Tomko, George237 pages (color)Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago/A Catalogue of the Collection
1961Art Institute of Chicago490 pages (color)American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
1950
(Exhibition catalog)Metropolitan Museum of Art60 pagesUniversity of Arizona Collection of American Art
1947University of Arizona106 pages (color)