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Lee, S. Cheung (Lee, Chee Chin S. Cheung) : Original Certificate - "Certificate of Award, California School of Fine Arts; This Is to Certify that S. Cheung Lee Has Been Awarded First Prize, Portrait Painting, 1922-1923"

Original green certificate mounted on olive-brown board. Dated 1922-1923. Certificate measures 8" x 9 7/8"; board measures 10 3/4" x 13 1/4." Certificate printed in green ink on white paper. Certificate and board are very clean overall. Slight dampstaining on certificate's upper-left corner and top section of the board. Very light chipping on edges of the board. The title is printed in the center. Within the title, "S. Cheung Lee," "First Prize, Portrait Painting," and "1922-1923" are handwritten on the printed section of the certificate. The signatures of the director, Lee Randolph, and Lee's instructor, E. Spencer Macky, are also printed in green ink on the certificate. S. Cheung Lee (1896-1966; also known as Chee Chin S. Cheung Lee) was a Chinese American painter and lithographer and was one of the first Chinese artists to enroll in a western art school. Lee studied under Eric Spencer Macky (1880-19458), a New Zealand painter, and Gottardo Piazzoni (1872-1945), an American landscape painter, muralist, and sculptor. Lee won many awards and had several exhibitions in his lifetime. From Edan Milton Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940; page 670: "Born in Hoy Ping, China on May 4, 1896. Lee began his art studies in China. At age 18 he immigrated to San Francisco where he spent two years studying English at the Congregational School. ... He spent 1925 in China with his family, married, and then returned to San Francisco. During the 1930s he exhibited regularly and was employed by the Federal Art Project. His oeuvre includes cityscapes of San Francisco, landscapes, and portraits in oil and watercolor.". Manuscript. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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