Mitty Lee Brown b. 1921

Also known as Juanita Lee Brown
  • Artist (Painter)
Lee Brown a painter and printmaker, doyenne of the Charm School. Born in San Francisco was runner up in NSW Travelling Art Scholarship, 1944. Left Australia in 1945 to travel extensively around the world. She spent her final years in Sri Lanka.
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Name
Mitty Lee Brown
Also known as Juanita Lee Brown
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1921
Birth place
San Francisco, CA, USA
Death date
3 June 2012
Death place
Trinco, Sri Lanka
Active Period
  • c.1945 - c.2006
Arrival
  • c.1922
Residence
  • c.1944 - c.1945 'Merioola', Woollahra, Sydney, NSW
  • 1980 - 2012 Sri Lanka
  • England, UK
  • Kashmir, India
  • Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Westonbirt, England, UK
  • Ascham School, Sydney, NSW
  • 1944 - 1946 East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, NSW
Cultural Heritage
  • American
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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