Lee Winslow Court

American (1903-1992)

Known for his shore scenes of Monhegan Island, Maine and New England snowscapes, Lee Winslow Court was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1903. In 1925, he made his first trip to Monhegan and returned every summer for the remainder of his life, building a studio there in 1958. Court also painted in the Antarctic, Ireland, the Canadian Rockies and the Norwegian Arctic regions.

Court studied at the Massachusetts College of Art with Ernest Major, Cyrus Dalin, Richard Andrews and Wilbur Hamilton. In 1922, he was a student of Aldro Hibbard in Rockport, Massachusetts. Court and Hibbard remained friends for the next 50 years, traveling throughout New England painting the landscape en plein air. Memberships included the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Copley Society of Boston and the North Shore and Gloucester Art Associations. In 1981 Court was named a Copley Master by the Copley Society, Boston, MA, and was also awarded its highest honor, the John Singleton Copley Medal. Court’s work is in the permanent collection of the William A. Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine.