biography of Henry Lee MCFEE (1886-1953)

Birth place: St. Louis, MO

Death place: Altadena, CA

Addresses: Woodstock, NY, c.1909-37; Claremont, CA, 1937-53

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO; Stevenson Art Sch., Pittsburgh; ASL.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1910-12, 1930-52 (gold 1937); McDowell Club, 1911-12; PPE, 1915; Rehn Gal., NY, 1927, 1929, 1933, 1936 (all solo); Paris Salon, 1937 (med.); VMFA, 1938 (med., prize); CI, 1923 (prize), 1930 (prize); Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1910-53 (14 times, incl. 4th prize, 1928); AIC, 1924-45, 1929 (prize); WMAA, 1925-45; Los Angeles County Fair, 1940 (prize), 1949 (prize); Pepsi-Cola, 1946 (prize); nationally, 1916-46.

Member: NIAL; Am. S. PS & G; Woodstock AA.

Work: MMA; CGA; PAFA; CAM; CM; CMA; Dayton AI; Springfield Mus. A.; Columbus Gal. FA; Kansas City AI; BM: WMAA; Los Angeles County Fair Coll.; PMG; Albright Art Gal.; Detroit AI; Ann Arbor AA; Woodstock AA.

Comments: Pioneering American cubist. Position: dir., Witte Museum School Art, 1939-40; teacher, Chouinard AI, Scripps Col., Claremont, CA, 1942-53.

Sources: WW53; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series. More recently, see Woodstock's Art Heritage, 118-119; Hughes, Artists in California, 368-69; Woodstock AA cites death date as 1949.