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Expatriate American painter living in Paris
Lucy Lee-Robbins
Portrait of Lucy Lee-Robbins
by Carolus-Duran, 1884
Born(1865-06-24)24 June 1865
New York
Died28 July 1943(1943-07-28) (aged 78)
Paris, France
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
Spouse Hendrik-George van Rinkhuyzen ​ ​(m. 1895⁠–⁠1922)​

Lucy Lee-Robbins (1865–1943) was an expatriate American painter living in France. She is known for her portraits of female nudes, an unusual subject for women painters in the late 19th century. She was the first female associate member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

Biography

Lee-Robbins was born to Samuel Howland Robbins and Sophia Morgan Robbins, both of wealthy banking families, on 24 June 1865 in New York. She and her family moved to Paris in the 1880s. In 1884 she joined a women's atelier run by Carolus-Duran and Jean-Jacques Henner. The same year her portrait was painted by Carolus-Duran.

In 1887 Lee-Robbins debuted at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français. She also exhibited at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Union des femmes peintres et sculpteurs [fr].

Starting in 1889 she exhibited with the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts and in 1890 was appointed the first female associate member of the Societe.

Lee-Robbins exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1895 she married fellow painter Hendrik-George van Rinkhuyzen.

Lee-Robbins died on 28 July 1943 in Paris, France. Because her final years were spent in Nazi-occupied Paris, the disposition of her paintings is not well documented.

Gallery

  • Portrait of woman in black hat, 1890 Portrait of woman in black hat, 1890
  • Young woman in front of her mirror, 1891 Young woman in front of her mirror, 1891

References

  1. Summerlin, Amanda. "Baring Themselves: Representations of the Female Nude by American Women Artists, 1881-1930". American University Digital Research Archive. American University. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. ^ Fortune, Brandon Brame (April 1998). ""Not above Reproach": The Career of Lucy Lee-Robbins". American Art. 12 (1): 41–65. doi:10.1086/424311. S2CID 191619134.
  3. "Lee Robbins, Lucy". Oxford index. Oxford University Press. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. "Portrait of Lucy Lee-Robbins, 1884". The Chrysler Collection. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  5. ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 17 September 2018.

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