Lee Godie was a well known street artist in Chicago. Born Emily Godee, on September 12, 1908, in Chicago, Lee Godie lived the anonymous life of a bag lady before she began selling her self-styled "French Impressionist" drawings on the steps of the Chicago Art Institute in 1968. She became a frequently collected artist but continued to live on the street. In 1989 her daughter located her, after a long search, and Lee went to live with her. "Artist Lee Godie: A Twenty-Y ear Retrospective", curated by Michael Bonesteel, was presented at the Chicago Cultural Center, March 13, 1993 to January 16, 1994. Her works are in the permanent collections of many, many museums including Arkansas Arts Center and the National Museum of American Art; Smithsonian Institution. Lee died in 1995.

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