Arthur Lee (sculptor)

Pony Express Mail Carrier, 1860–1861, Lee's sculpture at the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building in Washington, D.C., was commissioned by the Section of Painting and Sculpture in 1937.[1]

Arthur Lee (May 4, 1881 – 1961) was a Norwegian-born American sculptor, and educator.

Life and career

Arthur Lee was born in Trondheim, Norway. His family immigrated to the United States in 1888, settling in St. Paul, Minnesota.[2] He studied at the Art Students League of New York in New York City, before returning to Europe to study the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as in Rome and London.[3][4]

He was one of the more conservative artists who exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913 where he displayed eight drawings and sculptures[5] and was one of a dozen sculptors invited to compete in the Pioneer Woman statue competition in 1927.[6] He also taught at the Art Students League of New York; among his pupils was Eleanor Platt.[7][8]

Lee was a member of the National Sculpture Society and the National Academy of Design. He died in May 1961.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Pony Express Mail Carrier, 1860–1861". Fine Arts Collection, General Services Administration. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  2. ^ Craven, Wayne, ‘’Sculpture in America’’, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1968 p. 563
  3. ^ National Sculpture Society, ‘’Contemporary American Sculpture’’, National Sculpture Society, NY 1929 p. 203
  4. ^ Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988 p. 529
  5. ^ Brown, Milton W., ‘’The Story of the Armory Show’’, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963 p. 260
  6. ^ ‘’Exhibition of Models for a Monument to the Pioneer Woman’’ at the Chicago Architectural Exhibition, East Galleries, Art Institute of Chicago, June 25 to August 1, 1927
  7. ^ Albert TenEyck Gardner (1965). American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 181–. GGKEY:6UZDFFUW001.
  8. ^ a b "Arthur Lee, 80, Sculptor, Dies". The Bridgeport Post. May 17, 1961. p. 60. Retrieved February 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.


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