American Artist (painter)
***** Obituary *****
World famous artist Lee Gatch of Coon Path, Lambertville, died suddenly in Mercer Hospital at the age of 66.
He was born in Baltimore and attended Maryland Institute, studying under Leon Kroll and John Sloan. He was awarded a scholarship to the American School in Fontainebleu, staying in France for a year and a half where he studied with Andre L'hote and Moise Kisling. He lived in New York for ten years before moving to Lambertville, NJ.
His paintings are hung in the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, Boston Museum, New Jersey State Museum, Los Angeles County Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York, and in many private collections.
Highlights of his career include a grant from the American Institute of Arts and Letters for producing fine art, and an invitation to exhibit in the White House Festival of the Arts show in June 1965.
He was survived by his wife, Elsie Driggs Gatch; a daughter, Miss Merriman Gatch of Los Angeles; four sisters, Sr. M. Rachel of Notre Dame College, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Mildred Merkling of Silver Spring, Md.; Mrs. Helen Magraw of Washington, D.C.; and Mrs. Ray Forrest of Austin, Texas.
High mass was held in St. John the Evangelist Church, Lambertville, NJ. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York.
His obituary with a picture was published in the Lambertville Beacon on November 14, 1968.
***** Obituary *****
World famous artist Lee Gatch of Coon Path, Lambertville, died suddenly in Mercer Hospital at the age of 66.
He was born in Baltimore and attended Maryland Institute, studying under Leon Kroll and John Sloan. He was awarded a scholarship to the American School in Fontainebleu, staying in France for a year and a half where he studied with Andre L'hote and Moise Kisling. He lived in New York for ten years before moving to Lambertville, NJ.
His paintings are hung in the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, Boston Museum, New Jersey State Museum, Los Angeles County Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York, and in many private collections.
Highlights of his career include a grant from the American Institute of Arts and Letters for producing fine art, and an invitation to exhibit in the White House Festival of the Arts show in June 1965.
He was survived by his wife, Elsie Driggs Gatch; a daughter, Miss Merriman Gatch of Los Angeles; four sisters, Sr. M. Rachel of Notre Dame College, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Mildred Merkling of Silver Spring, Md.; Mrs. Helen Magraw of Washington, D.C.; and Mrs. Ray Forrest of Austin, Texas.
High mass was held in St. John the Evangelist Church, Lambertville, NJ. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York.
His obituary with a picture was published in the Lambertville Beacon on November 14, 1968.
American Artist (painter)
***** Obituary *****
World famous artist Lee Gatch of Coon Path, Lambertville, died suddenly in Mercer Hospital at the age of 66.
He was born in Baltimore and attended Maryland Institute, studying under Leon Kroll and John Sloan. He was awarded a scholarship to the American School in Fontainebleu, staying in France for a year and a half where he studied with Andre L'hote and Moise Kisling. He lived in New York for ten years before moving to Lambertville, NJ.
His paintings are hung in the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, Boston Museum, New Jersey State Museum, Los Angeles County Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York, and in many private collections.
Highlights of his career include a grant from the American Institute of Arts and Letters for producing fine art, and an invitation to exhibit in the White House Festival of the Arts show in June 1965.
He was survived by his wife, Elsie Driggs Gatch; a daughter, Miss Merriman Gatch of Los Angeles; four sisters, Sr. M. Rachel of Notre Dame College, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Mildred Merkling of Silver Spring, Md.; Mrs. Helen Magraw of Washington, D.C.; and Mrs. Ray Forrest of Austin, Texas.
High mass was held in St. John the Evangelist Church, Lambertville, NJ. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York.
His obituary with a picture was published in the Lambertville Beacon on November 14, 1968.
***** Obituary *****
World famous artist Lee Gatch of Coon Path, Lambertville, died suddenly in Mercer Hospital at the age of 66.
He was born in Baltimore and attended Maryland Institute, studying under Leon Kroll and John Sloan. He was awarded a scholarship to the American School in Fontainebleu, staying in France for a year and a half where he studied with Andre L'hote and Moise Kisling. He lived in New York for ten years before moving to Lambertville, NJ.
His paintings are hung in the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, Boston Museum, New Jersey State Museum, Los Angeles County Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York, and in many private collections.
Highlights of his career include a grant from the American Institute of Arts and Letters for producing fine art, and an invitation to exhibit in the White House Festival of the Arts show in June 1965.
He was survived by his wife, Elsie Driggs Gatch; a daughter, Miss Merriman Gatch of Los Angeles; four sisters, Sr. M. Rachel of Notre Dame College, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Mildred Merkling of Silver Spring, Md.; Mrs. Helen Magraw of Washington, D.C.; and Mrs. Ray Forrest of Austin, Texas.
High mass was held in St. John the Evangelist Church, Lambertville, NJ. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York.
His obituary with a picture was published in the Lambertville Beacon on November 14, 1968.
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