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1908 Chicago, Illinois - 1994 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Outsider art self portrait painting and mixed media.
The following text is from newspaper copy of The Telegraph, London, June 10, 2013. "Lee Godie: The artist not in residence". Lee Godie, a lovable homeless eccentric, scratched a living as an artist... Read full biography
The following text is from newspaper copy of The Telegraph, London, June 10, 2013. "Lee Godie: The artist not in residence". Lee Godie, a lovable homeless eccentric, scratched a living as an artist on the streets of Chicago. Now her work, which used to sell for dollars, is coming to London's... Read full biography
The following text is from newspaper copy of The Telegraph, London, June 10, 2013. "Lee Godie: The artist not in residence". Lee Godie, a lovable homeless eccentric, scratched a living as an artist on the streets of Chicago. Now her work, which used to sell for dollars, is coming to London's Hayward Gallery. It is easy to imagine that Lee Godie's self-portraits were a form of escapism. In one she appears in a fur coat waving a handful of cash. In another she is snapped as if on the way to the... Read full biography
The following text is from newspaper copy of The Telegraph, London, June 10, 2013. "Lee Godie: The artist not in residence". Lee Godie, a lovable homeless eccentric, scratched a living as an artist on the streets of Chicago. Now her work, which used to sell for dollars, is coming to London's Hayward Gallery. It is easy to imagine that Lee Godie's self-portraits were a form of escapism. In one she appears in a fur coat waving a handful of cash. In another she is snapped as if on the way to the opera, with swept-up hair and a strapless dress. A third photograph shows Godie transformed again, this time younger, softer and gazing dreamily into the distance. All the photographs reveal women of sophistication or refinement. But Godie's life... Read full biography
The following text is from newspaper copy of The Telegraph, London, June 10, 2013. "Lee Godie: The artist not in residence". Lee Godie, a lovable homeless eccentric, scratched a living as an artist on the streets of Chicago. Now her work, which used to sell for dollars, is coming to London's Hayward Gallery. It is easy to imagine that Lee Godie's self-portraits were a form of escapism. In one she appears in a fur coat waving a handful of cash. In another she is snapped as if on the way to the opera, with swept-up hair and a strapless dress. A third photograph shows Godie transformed again, this time younger, softer and gazing dreamily into the distance. All the photographs reveal women of sophistication or refinement. But Godie's life couldn't have been more different. For nearly three decades, until shortly before her death in 1994 at the age of 8... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Ink
- •Magic Marker, Sharpie, Felt-Tip Pen
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Outsider Art