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1886 St. Louis, Missouri - 1953 Altadena, California. Known for: Still life, figure, modernist landscape.
Henry Lee McFee was born in St Louis, MO on April 14, 1886. McFee graduated from Kemper Military School in 1905. He was a student at the ASL in NYC. During the 1920s and 1930s he divided his time... Read full biography
Henry Lee McFee was born in St Louis, MO on April 14, 1886. McFee graduated from Kemper Military School in 1905. He was a student at the ASL in NYC. During the 1920s and 1930s he divided his time between Woodstock, NY and Los Angeles. He taught at the Chouinard Art School in the 1920s, and from... Read full biography
Henry Lee McFee was born in St Louis, MO on April 14, 1886. McFee graduated from Kemper Military School in 1905. He was a student at the ASL in NYC. During the 1920s and 1930s he divided his time between Woodstock, NY and Los Angeles. He taught at the Chouinard Art School in the 1920s, and from 1939 taught figure and still-life painting at Claremont College. McFee died in Altadena, CA on March 19, 1953. Member: Nat'l Inst. of Arts & Letters; Associate of the National Academy of Design. Exh:... Read full biography
Henry Lee McFee was born in St Louis, MO on April 14, 1886. McFee graduated from Kemper Military School in 1905. He was a student at the ASL in NYC. During the 1920s and 1930s he divided his time between Woodstock, NY and Los Angeles. He taught at the Chouinard Art School in the 1920s, and from 1939 taught figure and still-life painting at Claremont College. McFee died in Altadena, CA on March 19, 1953. Member: Nat'l Inst. of Arts & Letters; Associate of the National Academy of Design. Exh: McDowell Club, 1911-12; Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915; Carnegie Inst., 1923; Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), 1924-28; Art Institute of Chicago, 1929 (prize); Paris Salon, 1937 (gold medal); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine... Read full biography
Henry Lee McFee was born in St Louis, MO on April 14, 1886. McFee graduated from Kemper Military School in 1905. He was a student at the ASL in NYC. During the 1920s and 1930s he divided his time between Woodstock, NY and Los Angeles. He taught at the Chouinard Art School in the 1920s, and from 1939 taught figure and still-life painting at Claremont College. McFee died in Altadena, CA on March 19, 1953. Member: Nat'l Inst. of Arts & Letters; Associate of the National Academy of Design. Exh: McDowell Club, 1911-12; Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915; Carnegie Inst., 1923; Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), 1924-28; Art Institute of Chicago, 1929 (prize); Paris Salon, 1937 (gold medal); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1937 (gold medal); Virginia Museum, 1938 (medal); LA Co. Fair, 1940 (prize), 1949; Chaffey College, 1945. Works. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in... Read full biography
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Keywords (43)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Colored Pencil
- •Gouache
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Cubism, Cubist
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Synchromism
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
- •Lowell Birge Harrison
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Teacher
- •St. Louis School of Fine Art, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
- •M.V. Kohnstamm Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Woodstock Art Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Frank Rehn Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Institute of Arts and Letters
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts