Buell Whitehead. Lithograph, Pond Birds.
Buell Whitehead grew up in rural Ft. Myers. He entered the University of Florida in 1938, and in 1942 was called into the U.S. Army artillery one year short of his degree. Whitehead returned to Gainesville and earned Bachelors and Master Degrees in Fine Art. His home was a twelve acre farm eight miles Northeast of Ft. Myers where his familiarity with rural country life was transferred into paint using lithography. Whitehead traveled the country selling his prints out of a trunk. He became one of the most outstanding stone lithographers, working in color, in the United States. See Ronald Newsom, Buell Lee Whitehead, Printmaker, Lithographer and Artist, A True Southern Treasure. www.buellwhitehead.com
Born: 1919, Ft. Myers.
Died: 1993, Ft. Myers.
Education: University of Florida BA, MA; Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles.
Exhibits: Civic Center, Fort Myers, January 1949.
