Hon-Chew Hee

Background

Hee, Hon-Chew was born on January 24, 1906 in Kahului, Hawaii, United States. Son of Jackson and Shee (Lee) Hee.

Education

Bachelor in English, Columbia University, 1949. Postgraduate in art, New York Art Students League, 1948—1949. Pupil of, Andre L'hote and Fernand Leger, Paris, 1949—1951.

Career

Sign painter Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, 1941—1942. Art editor Pearl Harbor News, 1942—1943. Mural painter, 1943—1946.

Art instructor University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1960—1970. Director Tennent Gallery, 1963—1970. Art instructor Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 1971—1972.

Achievements

• Honorary-Chew Hee has been listed as a notable artist, art educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

• book

  • The White Serpent: Hon-Chew Hee's Serigraph (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)

Membership

Trustee Tennent Art Foundation, Honolulu, since 1963. Oil painting instructor Kaneohe Senior Citizens, since 1979. Member advisory committee board directors Committee on State of Culture and Arts, Honolulu, 1984.

Member of Water Color Society Hawaii (president 1962-1963, award for watercolor 1970), Honolulu Sculpture League, Hawaii Water Color Society (founder, 1st president since 1962).

Connections

1 child Caroline Hee Chen.

Father:

Jackson Hee

Mother:

Shee (Lee) Hee

child:

Caroline Hee Chen Hee