Lee Everett Blair (October 1, 1911 – April 19, 1993) was an American artist. He was born in Los Angeles, California and died in Soquel, California. He was the younger brother of Preston Blair and the husband of Mary Blair.[1]
Lee Blair | |
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Born | Lee Blair October 1, 1911 |
Died | April 19, 1993 Soquel, California, United States | (aged 81)
Spouse | Mary Blair (1934–1978) |
Relatives | Preston Blair (brother) |
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1932 Los Angeles | Watercolors and drawings |
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In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rodeo".[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Lee Blair". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ Olympic Games Los Angeles 1932: Art Competitions and Exhibition Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, Olympic-museum.de
- ^ Oliver, Myrna (1993-07-03). "Lee E. Blair; Artist Won Olympic Medal for Painting". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 (PDF). Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932. 1933. pp. 748–765. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10.
- Wagner, Juergen. "Olympic Art Competition 1932". Olympic Games Museum. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01.
- Kramer, Bernhard (May 2004). "In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. 12 (2): 29–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Blair". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
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