Linda Lee

Artist & Educator

 

Linda M. Lee-Applebaum (Artist Linda Lee) Age 66
South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
July 1, 2014 Long battle with Cancer
Born March 1, 1948, Cleveland, OH – Linda Lee grew up in Chagrin Falls

Life: Linda was born to father architect Novel Hill (deceased) and Lois Hill and sister to Barbara, David and John (deceased). From an early age, her artistic talent was recognized and she followed that passion through higher education, receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Arts from Ohio University. As an educator, she taught in both public and private schools. Before retiring, she served for eighteen years as Chair of the Art Department at Hathaway Brown, where she encouraged and nurtured her art students with painting trips to Monet’s Garden. She also studied under the famous abstract painter Wolf Kahn. As her career continued to blossom and flourish, she gained notoriety and created a devoted following both nationally and internationally. In 1999, she retired from her teaching position and moved to Cape Cod to focus on her passion of painting. In addition beautiful gardens, she found inspiration in Cape Cod’s special landscapes and our unique light. She also founded Osterville Fine Arts & Design, displayed at Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art, supported the establishment of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, was a featured artist in Cape Cod Arts publications and served the community as a sponsor and mentor for the arts program for local high schools students.

Linda Lee was one of this country's beloved and notable impressionist artists. Her brilliantly colored landscapes in oil have placed her in the forefront of American representational art, with many collectors prizing her luminous oils. Her passion also took her on many journeys abroad in search of beautiful gardens and landscapes to paint, including trips to Cotswold, Provence, Venice and Tuscany where she used these special places as pallets to stimulate, explore and apply her vision to canvas. She was also a frequent visitor and invited painter in Monet’s Garden.

About Linda Lee‘s Art:
Her commissioned art is on display in many corporations and by private collectors. Following is a sample of unsolicited quotes

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“Your art work is inspiring the whole institution.”
Jennifer Finkel PhD, Curator, Art Programs, Art & Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic

“The painting to us represents tranquility, creativity, and inspires the notion of how great ideas, in this case a beautiful image, can stem from a glimpse or a single thought that may go-unnoticed, but can create great new beginnings for others if only effort is put forth.”
Sherri White, Cleveland Clinic Educational Institute
In 2001 two well-traveled art collectors saw two of Linda’s paintings in a Provincetown gallery. “It was chemistry on first sight. Linda’s incredible and masterly artistry radiated from the two paintings; this was what we were looking for so long and never really found, until that day in Provincetown. At home we are everyday surrounded by Linda’s works which never cease to surprise us when we look at the paintings, because at any given time of day or night light, we seem to gain fresh impressions and wonder if we just obtained the paintings, or if we missed something in the beginning.”
Montreal, Canada - Robert and Peter

“She made the InterContinental Hotel "Classics Restaurant" a huge success with her large paintings of France that was commissioned for their entire dining room”
Teresa M. DeChant Art Consulting, LLC Bratenahl, Ohio

Linda was survived by husband Barry S. Applebaum, mother Lois Hill, sister Barbara Ryba, brother David Hill and stepchildren Tracy Philips and Alex Applebaum, and grandchildren Haley Philips, Sarah Philips, Ryan Applebaum, and new-to be named Applebaum.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 South Main St., South Yarmouth, MA on Saturday, July 26th 4pm-7pm. In lieu of flowers contributions in Linda’s memory may be made to the Cultural Center to help promote young artists
Linda’s work is represented by Thanassi Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Shoreline Interiors, Dennis MA, Mulholland and Sachs, Cleveland, OH and viewed at www.lindaleeart.com