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Henry Lewis

American, 1915-1958


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Names

Henry Lewis

Lewis, Henry

Active

Oregon

Occupation or Type

painter

printmaker

Northwest artist

Oregon artist

Bio

Henry Lewis studied commercial art in Chicago before moving to Oregon in 1937. He taught art for many years at Parkrose High School and exhibited at the Portland and Seattle Art Museums. Lewis had a one person show at the Eugene Art Center in 1952.

Artist biography reproduced with permission from the authors, Oregon Painters: the First Hundred Years (1859-1959), Ginny Allen and Jody Klevit.

Gender

Male

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