Leo Dee

Leo Dee (July 8, 1931—November 22, 2004) was an American artist and teacher. A native of Newark, New Jersey, he achieved first regional and then national prominence for his "incredibly detailed" and realistic silverpoint drawings that conveyed "the softest and most subtle transitions of tonal values".

Art teacher

In 1958, Dee was appointed as an instructor of drawing and painting at the Newark School of Fine & Industrial Art. He later became the school's principal instructor of realistic drawing, retiring in 1993.