About Robert Chee
Lived 1937 – 1971 (aged 33–34). Robert Chee was an American painter, serigrapher, watercolorist, illustrator and silversmith.
Early life and education Robert Chee was born on December 14, 1937, in St. Michaels, Arizona. In early age, he attended school in Bellemont. Chee was enrolled in the Intermountain Indian School, where he studied under Allan Houser.
Career From 1958 to 1961, Chee served in the United States Army and painted murals at army bases including one in Mainz, Germany. His later work shows the suggestion of a foreground with hills or the sprigs of plants coming from the earth. Museum of Northern Arizona, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Arizona State Museum, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, the Penticton Gallery, and the National Museum of the American Indian.
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Who was Robert Chee?
Diné/Navajo artist, painter, printmaker (c.1937–1971)
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Robert Chee was born on 14 December 1937 in St. Michaels.
When did Robert Chee die?
Robert Chee died in 1971 in St. Michaels.
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Robert Chee was a painter, serigrapher, watercolorist, illustrator and silversmith.
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Robert Chee was American.
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