Dick Lee (1923-2001)

Dick’s work is a mixture of both elegance and precision, yet bold and wild. He painted landscapes, and beach scenes, particularly of Normandy and Norfolk, also figures, interiors and still-life in oils and watercolours and gouache.

He studied at Camberwell School of Art between 1947-50 and was awarded an Abbey Major Scholarship in 1951. He exhibited first at the Gallerie de Seine in 1958, and he subsequently exhibited regularly in London at the New Crafton Gallery, in other London galleries and and in the provinces. He has shown with the LG, at the Royal Academy and in many mixed exhibitions and his work is represented in public collections, including the Arts Council Collection.

He taught at Maidstone College of Art between 1956-7, and Camberwell School of Art 1953-82. His awards include the Tolly Cobbold  Folio Award, 1985.

Towards the later stage of Dick’s life, his work took a more fragmented, semi-abstract turn. His clever use of colour holds these pictures together in a calming and believable manner. Throughout his life he has had many exhibitions, some of Dick’s his work is on permanent display in the Pinkfoot Gallery.