Jonas Lie (painter)

Jonas Lie (1880 - 1940) was a Norwegian-born American painter. He often depicted the sea, channels, and ships with dramatic perspective and powerful use of color. He became known for colorful impressionistic scenes of harbors & coves, painted during the many summers he spent on the coasts of New England & Canada. Throughout his prolific career he painted brilliantly colored images of the rocky coves and harbors that identify the region’s dramatic shoreline.

Lie had studied with artist Christian Skredsvig in his native Norway. In 1893, came to America to live with mother’s family in New York. While living in Panama in 1913, he painted scenes of the construction of Panama Canal which were later donated to U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In his later years Lie was a member of various art organizations including the Salmagundi Club, the Federation of American Arts, and was active in the National Academy of Design.

When asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest "The correct pronunciation of my name is yonas lee. Although I have adopted the anglicized pronunciation of Jonas in this country, Lie, however, is pronounced lee in Scandinavia, and I have insisted upon it in English also." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)

External links

• Jonas Lie Online at www.artcyclopedia.com lists museums where many of his paintings can be found.

• http://www.hlchalfant.com/fine-art/Lie_Biography.html

• http://wwwartnet.com/artist/10514/jonas-lie.html

• http://www.oxfordgallery.com/Period_Artists/lie.html

• http://www.norway.org/misc/print.aspx?article={6514f88c-1169-48df-ba71-9f2733515ce2}