Lee Blair (artist) explained

Lee Blair
Birth Name:	Lee Blair
Birth Date:	October 1, 1911
Birth Place:	Los Angeles, California, United States
Death Place:	Soquel, California, United States
Spouse:	Mary Blair (1934–1978)
Relatives:	Preston Blair (brother)

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]

In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rodeo".^{[2] [3]}

References

• Book: The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 . Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932 . 1933 . 748–765 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410231532/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf . 2008-04-10 . dead .
• Web site: Olympic Art Competition 1932 . Olympic Games Museum . Wagner, Juergen . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501135344/http://www.olympic-museum.de/art/1932.htm . 2008-05-01 . dead .
• In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests . Kramer . Bernhard . Journal of Olympic History . 12 . 2 . May 2004 . 29–34 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410082301/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv12n2/johv12n2m.pdf . 2008-04-10 . dead . 2016-05-30 .
• Lee Blair . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417231730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/lee-blair-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2016-05-29 .

External links

• profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lee Blair . Olympedia . 26 July 2020.
2. http://olympic-museum.de/art/1932.htm Olympic Games Los Angeles 1932: Art Competitions and Exhibition
3. News: Lee E. Blair; Artist Won Olympic Medal for Painting. Oliver. Myrna. 1993-07-03. Los Angeles Times. 2020-02-03.