1) Doris Lee, born in Aledo, Illinois on February 1, 1905 to June 16, 1983 (aged 78), was an American painter known for her figurative painting and printmaking.
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2) She graduated from Rockford College in 1927 and studied with the American Impressionist and Ashcan School painter Ernest Lawson at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1929.
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3) During the 1930s, she was commissioned to create several murals by the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, DC. In 1937, she painted in the Main Post Office in DC & another in Summerville, Georgia.
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4) During the 1930s & 1940s she created a number of lithographs for the Associated American Artists. During the late 40s & 50s, she undertook several commissions for Life magazine.
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5) In 1935, her bustling scene of women preparing a Thanksgiving feast became the object of national headlines when it exhibited at Chicago Art Institute & won the prestigious Logan Medal of the Arts.
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6) Lee was awarded the Logan Medal of the Arts at the 46th American Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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