Hughie Lee-Smith

Born in Eustis, FL, painter, printmaker, and dancer Hughie Lee-Smith attended classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, and John Huntington Polytechnic Institute, Cleveland, OH; and the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts (now the College for Creatives Studies), Detroit, MI. He earned a BA from Wayne State University, Detroit.

In 1963, Lee-Smith became an associate member of the National Academy of Design, the academy's second Black member after Henry Ossawa Tanner. His works can be found in many collections, including those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; Detroit Institute of Arts, MI; Howard University, Washington, DC; San Diego Museum of Art, CA; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City; and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. 
—From Brandywine Workshop Archives and records

Artist Info


Born

1915

Eustis, FL

Died

February 23, 1999

Albuquerque, NM

Gender

Male

Nationality

American

Heritage

African American