Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee

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Doris Lee was considered among the top female artists—indeed among the top figurative artists, regardless of gender— in the American art world from the mid-1930s through the 1950s. At one point, postcards of her most well-known painting, Thanksgiving, outsold those of Grant Wood’s iconic American Gothic. She was esteemed in equally high terms for her commercial work, producing fabric and ceramic designs, prints, and award-winning illustrations for books and publications, like Life and Fortune. Such achievements and accolades notwithstanding, Lee was often dismissed because of her decorative, folkart style and her domestic subjects. Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee gives overdue recognition of Lee’s significant contributions to American art and brings together paintings, drawings, prints and ephemera spanning her forty-year career. Four essays provide an intriguing exploration of her life and work, paying respect to her ability to conjure joy in life’s simple pleasures and erasing the idea that her art was too unserious to take seriously. This book includes over 150 beautiful color illustrations (including over 70 plates of Lee’s work) and a chronology of the artist.

UK£40.00 / US$54.95 ISBN: 978-1-911282-67-9

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221 North Main Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 thewestmoreland.org

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