Rex Goreleigh

Russell "Rex" Gordon Goreleigh (1902 – 1986) was an African American painter, printmaker, and arts educator. Early life and education Goreleigh was born on September 2, 1902, in Penllyn, Pennsylvania (now part of the Lower Gwynedd Township). His mother was a housemaid for a local doctor. He studied art as a child. In 1934, Goreleigh traveled to Europe where he studied under artists Andre Lhote in Paris, and with Leo Z. Moll in Germany. Goreleigh also became acquainted with artists of the Harlem Renaissance including Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden.

Goreleigh established the Studio-on-the-Canal, a Princeton-based arts center with workshops in painting, printmaking, and ceramics. Painter Hughie Lee-Smith attended classes at the studio.

He died on October 28, 1986, at the age of 84. Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.