Lee Kelly
Lee Kelly | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 24, 1932 McCall, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 89) Clackamas County, Oregon, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | web |
Lee Kelly (May 24, 1932 – March 28, 2022)[1] was an American sculptor who has more than 30 sculptures on display between Eugene, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington.[2] Kelly has been called "Oregon's sculptor".[2]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born in rural McCall in central Idaho, Kelly was raised near Riggins, Idaho.[3] His family moved to Portland in 1945 and he attended Roosevelt High School. From 1949 to 1951, he attended Vanport Extension Center, which is now Portland State University. From 1951 to 1955, he was in the United States Air Force Reserves at Portland Air Force Base, including service on active duty.[4] He married Jeanette Bernhardt.[3] During the late 1950s he attended Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon.[3] From 1967 to 1971, he taught at Mt. Angel College, Mt. Angel, Oregon. Bernhardt and Kelly had one daughter Kassandra, and Bernhardt died in 1960 of cancer before Kassandra turned one.[3]
In 1961, Kelly married Bonnie Bronson, and in 1963 they bought a 5-acre (2.0 ha) dairy farm near Oregon City, where as of 2010 Kelly still lived.[3] Kelly and Bronson had a son, Jason, who died in 1978 of leukemia, while Bronson died climbing Mount Adams with Kelly in 1990.[3] Kelly died at his home in Clackamas County on March 28, 2022.[5]
See also
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Exploring The World Of Oregon Sculptor Lee Kelly, Oregon Public Broadcasting (2017)
- Oral history interview with Lee Kelly, 1987 August 18
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- 1932 births
- 2022 deaths
- 20th-century American sculptors
- 21st-century American sculptors
- American male sculptors
- American contemporary artists
- Sculptors from Idaho
- Military personnel from Idaho
- Military personnel from Oregon
- Pacific Northwest College of Art alumni
- People from Oregon City, Oregon
- People from McCall, Idaho
- Portland State University alumni
- Roosevelt High School (Oregon) alumni
- Sculptors from Oregon
- United States Air Force airmen
- United States Air Force reservists
- 20th-century American male artists