Lee Brown Coye, born in Syracuse, New York, is best known as an illustrator and painter. As a young man, he attended one semester of night art classes, but his artistic knowledge and abilities were... Read full biography
Lee Brown Coye, born in Syracuse, New York, is best known as an illustrator and painter. As a young man, he attended one semester of night art classes, but his artistic knowledge and abilities were essentially self-taught through his work and from studies of nature. His knowledge of body parts... Read full biography
Lee Brown Coye, born in Syracuse, New York, is best known as an illustrator and painter. As a young man, he attended one semester of night art classes, but his artistic knowledge and abilities were essentially self-taught through his work and from studies of nature. His knowledge of body parts developed from studies of anatomy and work as a medical illustrator. He spent time attending operations and autopsies, thus becoming extremely familiar with the human form. As a young man he lived in... Read full biography
Lee Brown Coye, born in Syracuse, New York, is best known as an illustrator and painter. As a young man, he attended one semester of night art classes, but his artistic knowledge and abilities were essentially self-taught through his work and from studies of nature. His knowledge of body parts developed from studies of anatomy and work as a medical illustrator. He spent time attending operations and autopsies, thus becoming extremely familiar with the human form. As a young man he lived in Tully, New York, and as an adult spent his entire life in the Central New York area. He and his wife, Ruth, lived in Syracuse for many years where Coye's activities included teaching adult art classes; working under the Works Progress Administration to... Read full biography
Lee Brown Coye, born in Syracuse, New York, is best known as an illustrator and painter. As a young man, he attended one semester of night art classes, but his artistic knowledge and abilities were essentially self-taught through his work and from studies of nature. His knowledge of body parts developed from studies of anatomy and work as a medical illustrator. He spent time attending operations and autopsies, thus becoming extremely familiar with the human form. As a young man he lived in Tully, New York, and as an adult spent his entire life in the Central New York area. He and his wife, Ruth, lived in Syracuse for many years where Coye's activities included teaching adult art classes; working under the Works Progress Administration to paint a mural in the Cazenovia High School in 1934 (since destroyed); advertising for the WSYR Broadcasting System; producing a variety of commis... Read full biography
Lee Coye - Artist Info
About Lee Coye: Books
Books & Publications (11)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Arts Unknown: The Life & Art of Lee Brown Coye
2004
Ortiz, Luis
176 pages (color)
The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines
2000
Haining, Peter
224 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies
1959
Gilbert, Dorothy (Editor)
718 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1947
1947
Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)
685 pages
American Painting Today
1939
Watson, Forbes (essay)
179 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index