Hughie Lee-Smith papers, 1942-1980
Lee-Smith, Hughie,
b. 1915
d. 1999
Painter, Educator
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 0.4 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)
Collection Summary: Correspondence; resume; clippings; announcements; and catalogs.
REEL N69-111: Correspondence in the 1950's and early 1960's with Barnett Aden Gallery, A.C.A. Gallery, Associated American Artists, Howard University, American Federation of Arts, Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit Institute of Arts, Akron Art Institute, and others, concerning exhibits, often of American Negro painters, donations of work to benevolent organizations, commissions of work and sales. Correspondents include Carl Gaertner, Louis Grebenek, Joseph Hirsch, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, editors of Ebony, Jet and Negro Digest. Lee-Smith's statement on the definition and function of people's art, written in 1945, clippings, occasional shipping and commission papers and announcements complete the collection.
REEL N70-10: Correspondence and a few clippings and catalogs; correspondence with South Side Community Center, Chicago, about a teaching appointment; Howard University; Detroit Museum of Art Founders Society; Detroit History Commission; Cleveland Museum of Art; and the University of Michigan; and the Kraushaar Galleries, who represented Lee-Smith during the mid 1950's.
UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, 1942-1969, and a resume, 1980.
Biographical/Historical Note: Afro-American painter and lecturer; New York, N.Y. and N.J.; b. 1915; d. Feb. 23, 1999.
Material donated 1969-1981 by Hughie Lee-Smith.
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