Bertha Elizabeth Stringer Lee
American Painter
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| Intro | American Painter | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Painter | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 6 December 1869, San Francisco, United States of America | |
| Death | 19 March 1939San Francisco, United States of America (aged 69 years) | |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
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Bertha Elizabeth Stringer Lee (1869-1937) was an American painter known for her California landscapes.
Biography
Lee née Stringer was born on December 6, 1869 in San Francisco. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and went on to study painting with Amédée Joullin, William Keith, Arthur Frank Mathews, and Raymond Yelland.
She married Eugene Lee in 1894. The couple lived in San Francisco and Lee primarily painted California scenes.
She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She also exhibited at the California State Fair, the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, and the Mark Hopkins Institute. In 1922 she had a one-woman show at Richelieu Gallery in San Francisco.
Lee died on March 19, 1937 in San Francisco.