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Doris Emrick Lee

Doris Emrick Lee (1904 - 1983) was active/lived in New York, Florida, Illinois.  Doris Lee is known for Figure, genre and portrait painting, illustration.

An American Scene* painter of realistic subjects in a style that combined Realism* and Modernism*, Doris Lee settled in Woodstock, New York, having followed her teacher and husband, Arnold Blanch.  Her subject matter reflects her Midwestern heritage as well as big-city industrial scenes and shows her wide-ranging quest for a national identity, which was typical of many of her peers in the 1930s.

In 1935, she got national attention for her painting, Thanksgiving, which, painted in a carefree naive manner, showed a kitchen scene of bustling, humorous activity.  The work won the Logan Purchase Prize at the Art Institute of Chicago*, but Mrs. Logan, the sponsor of the contest, was so angered by the choice that she launched a campaign calling for sanity in art.  However, the painting proved to be very popular and was reproduced many times as postcards and prints.

Lee was born in Aledo, Illinois, and grew up in a well-ordered domestic environm   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 14480 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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