| Lucy Lee-Robbins | |
| Birth Date: | 24 June 1865 |
| Birth Place: | New York |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | Painting |
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.[1] She was the first female associate member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
Lee-Robbins was born to Samuel Howland Robbins and Sophia Morgan Robbins, both of wealthy banking families, on 24 June 1865[2] in New York.[3] 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.[2]
In 1887 Lee-Robbins debuted at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français.[4] She also exhibited at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the .[2]
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.[2]
Lee-Robbins exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[5]
In 1895 she married fellow painter Hendrik-George van Rinkhuyzen.[2] [5]
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.[2]