Dick Lee was a painter of landscapes and beach scenes, particularly in Normandy and Norfolk, of figures, interiors and still-life in oils, watercolours and gouache. Lee studied at Camberwell School of Art 1947-1950 and was awarded an Abbey Major Scholarship in 1951. He exhibited first at the Gallerie de Seine in 1958 and he then exhibited regularly in London a the New Grafton Gallery and in the provinces. He has shown the the London Group, at the Royal Academy and in many mixed exhibitions and his work is represented in public collections including the Arts Council Collecion. He taught at Maidstone College of Art 1957-7 and Camberwell 1953-1982. Influenced by Cezanne, his poetic, sensitive paintings are in the Camberwell tradition of observation and painterly response.
Born Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, November 24, 1923.
- Student at Camberwell School of Art, 1947-1950.
- Awarded Abbey Major Scholarship, 1952. Travelled extensively in Italy, Spain and Greece.
- Joined the staff of Camberwell School of Art, 1953-1982.
- Moved to Norfolk in 1983.
Selected one-man exhibitions
- New Grafton Gallery, London, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1992
- Camden Arts Centre, London. Notices, 1978.
- Gillian Jason Gallery, London. Dick Lee's Practical Dada, 1983.
- Cadogan Contemporary, London, 1988, 1992, 1995.
- School House Gallery, Wighton, 1988, 1992, 1995.
- Chappel Galleries, Chappel, 1999, 2007
- Browse and Darby, London, 2001.
- Imperial War Museum, 2002.
Mixed Exhibitions
- John Moores, 1961.
- Camden Arts Centre. Artists of Today and Tomorrow, 1966.
- Kettles Yard, Cambridge, 1978.
- Gillian Jason Gallery, London. Collages and Constructions, 1982.
- South London Art Gallery. South Bank Show, 1982.
- Tolly Cobbold, 1983, 1985.
- Ken Howard's Choice, 1989.
- Arts Council Touring Exhibition. Past and Present, 1988.
- Royal Academy, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996.
Prizes
- Winner of Anglia Award, Tolly Cobbold, 1985.
- Winner of the Hunting/Observer Art Prize, 1992.
Works purchased by
- Arts Council
- Royal Academy
- Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
- Beaverbrook Foundation
- Cadbury Schweppes Ltd
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Reading Museum
- Southampton Art Gallery
- Devon County Education Authority
- Private collections.
