Hawaiian Modernism! Bold, bright & large ca. 1960s Abstraction by Artist Lee Chesney.

Chesney taught at University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1972 to 1984. He was born in
Washingngton, D.C. and studied art at the University of Colorado with James Boyle, receiving his BFA in 1946. Chesney continued his studies at the University of Iowa where he worked with Mauricio Lasansky and James Lechay, earning his M.F.A. Further studies took him to Universidad de Michoacan in Mexico where he studied with Alfredo Zalce, and to the renowned experimental printmaking workshop Atelier 17 in New York, under the supervision of founder Stanley William Hayter.

Chesney's work has garnered numerous awards which included a Fulbright Fellowship in 1956/57. He is represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; National Gallery of Art, Stockholm; Tate Gallery; Bibliothèque nationale de France; Victoria and Albert Museum; Smithsonian Art Museum, National Gallery of Art; Library of Congress; Museum of Modern Art; Brooklyn Museum; Philadelphia Museum; Honolulu Academy of Arts; Oakland Museum; Seattle Museum of Art; Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County; Portland Art Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; the Butler Institute of American Art and numerous university collections.

Artist and ART Professor Emeritus LEE CHESNEY passed away in Los Angeles on January 21, 2016. He was 95.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: See Photos. Painting is in good original condition.

Dimensions:
Height: 67 in.
Width: 49 in.
Depth: 2 in.

Category: Paintings
Origin: United States
Materials: Masonite, Oil Paint

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Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; See Photos. Painting is in good original condition.