DORIS EMRICK LEE Signed c. 1945-50 Original Oil on Canvas Painting – “Bouquet”. This rare original oil is entitled “Bouquet” and is signed by the artist on the front lower right “Doris Lee”. It is in excellent condition, measures 12″ x 18″ and is framed in an antiqued silver wood frame for a total size of 16 ¼” x 22 ¼”. PROVENANCE: Walker Galleries, New York, N. Their original label affixed to the stretchers verso. Ex Collection William W. Marx, son of Harpo Marx, Rancho Mirage, California. Doris Emrick Lee was born in Aledo, IL, on Feb. Lee was the daughter of a merchant-banker, she was the fourth in a family of six children. Her great-grandfather had retired from farming to paint. She was educated at Lake Forest, Illinois, and Rockford College, where she was a student instructor in fine arts, and majored in philosophy. Upon Graduation she married Russell Werner Lee, A chemical engineer from Ottawa, Illinois. They went to Paris for five months and there she studied with Andre L’Hote. Returning to America, she continued her art study in Kansas City under Ernest Lawson, a gifted Social realist and member of “The Eight”, a group of painters associated with the ashcan group. Lee later studied at the San Francisco School of Fine Art under Arnold Blanch. An American born scene painter whose artistic style bordered on modernism, Doris Lee has been included in many books on modern art. In 1931 Lee Settled in the Woodstock Artist Colony in Woodstock, New York and continued to live there, dividing her time between her studio there and New York’s Fourteenth Street. She enjoyed the company of many of the top artists in the country. She was an active member/exhibitor at the Woodstock Art Association where her works are part of the permanent collection. It was in Woodstock where Lee found the inspiration from nature to paint her best works. Before painting a picture, Doris Lee made many quick pencil sketches which she later uses as notes in working out paintings. She was known for Genre, portraits, landscapes, trains, horses, birds and industrial city scenes. She was married to the artist Arnold Blanch in 1939 and for many years she lived and worked in Woodstock, NY and for a while she maintained a studio in New York City. During her life many prestigious institutions exhibited her works including the Whitney Museum; Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh; NY and San Francisco World’s Fairs; Association of American Artists and others. These Works often reflected her Midwestern heritage. The naive almost folksy manner in which she painted made her popular among her contemporaries and patrons as well. She was a member of various art related organizations including, An American Group; American Society of Painters; Sculptors and Gravers and the Woodstock Art Association. She passed away in 1983. The item “DORIS EMRICK LEE Signed c. 1945-50 Original Oil on Canvas Painting Bouquet” is in sale since Sunday, November 24, 2013. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “skf-fineart” and is located in Los Angeles, California. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.

• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Signed?: Signed
• Medium: Oil
• Subject: Still Life
• Style: Modern
• Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
• Date of Creation: 1900-1949
• Region of Origin: US
• Painting Surface: Canvas
• Features: Framed
• Artist: Doris Lee