Arthur Lee (May 4, 1881 – 1961) was a Norwegian-born American sculptor, and educator.
Life and career Arthur Lee was born in Trondheim, Norway. His family immigrated to the United States in 1888, settling in St. Paul, Minnesota.Craven, Wayne, ‘’Sculpture in America’’, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1968 p. 563 He studied at the Art Students League of New York in New York City, before returning to Europe to study the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as in Rome and London.National Sculpture Society, ‘’Contemporary American Sculpture’’, National Sculpture Society, NY 1929 p. 203Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988 p. 529
He was one of the more conservative artists who exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913 where he displayed eight drawings and sculpturesBrown, Milton W., ‘’The Story of the Armory Show’’, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963 p. 260 and was one of a dozen sculptors invited to compete in the Pioneer Woman statue competition in 1927.‘’Exhibition of Models for a Monument to the Pioneer Woman’’ at the Chicago Architectural Exhibition, East Galleries, Art Institute of Chicago, June 25 to August 1, 1927 He also taught at the Art Students League of New York; among his pupils was Eleanor Platt.
Lee was a member of the National Sculpture Society and the National Academy of Design. He died in May 1961.
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