1915 Born Bingley, West Yorkshire, only son of George Henry Lee and Alice Isobel Wood. 1918 Father killed at third battle of Ypres; brought up by mother and three elder sisters. 1927-1932                                                                                                                                                                           Bingley  Grammar School 1932-1937                                                                                                                                                                             Bradford College of Art, taking examinations in industrial design, drawing and pictorial design; awarded place at Royal College of Art, drawing instruction from Henry Butler and design with John F Greenwood. Encouraged in study of the modern movement, Cezanne and the Post-impressionists, Braque, Klee and the Surrealists became influences before going to London. 1937-1940                                                                                                                                                                           Royal College of Art. Graphic design, book illustration, lithography and wood           engraving.    Tutored  by John Nash and Edward Bawden. Life drawing studies with Vivien Pitchforth and  Percy Horton. Visiting tutors, Paul Nash and Eric Ravilious.                                               Flat in Adelaide Road, Swiss Cottage (‘38/39) next to Stanley Spencer’s temporary studio;  able to see development of Spencer’s works and procedures. 1940 Called into the Royal Artillery Signals, training in North Wales and Somerset. 1941 April, sailed in convoy for Egypt via Cape Town; five months in Cyprus, June- November; re-equipped Palestine, November. 1942 January, Western Desert campaign, North Africa. Taken prisoner in Gazala Line, June; transferred to Italy, P.O.W. camp at Altamura and Fermo July’42 - October ’43. 1943 After capitulation of Italy, transferred to Germany, Stalag IV B, then to Freital, suburb of Dresden; working camp. 1944 Experienced Bombing of Freital, detailed to bury dead. 1945 February, witnessed the Allied destruction of Dresden. April, marched into Czechoslovakia with international column of P.O.W.’s by retreating Wehrmacht to sound of Russian guns. Liberated by Soviet troops and flown by U.S. Air Force and R.A.F. to Horsham Sussex.                                                                                                                                      Married Thelma Barthel. Three daughters Vanessa, Joanna and Saskia. 1946   Demobilised. Returned to Royal College of Art on fourth year scholarship awarded in  1940. 1947   Taught part-time at Hammersmith College of Art. Returned to Yorkshire on appointment as art master at Heckmondwike Grammar School. 1949   Batley School of Art – later Dewsbury and Batley Technical and Art College. Lecturer in drawing, graphic design, print making and history of art and design. 1957   Appointed Deputy Head of School. 1969-1979                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bingley College of Education, Principal lecturer in Visual Arts Area – teaching painting, drawing, graphic design, print making and history of art and design. Examiner, National College of Art, Dublin (’72 – ’73). 1980-1983                                                                                                                                                          Part time visiting lecturer at Huddersfield Polytechnic, Bretton College and Bradford and Ilkley College. 1980-2005                                                                                                                                                                           Principally involved in equipping and developing personal studio workshop, and  exhibiting as an artist craftsman. 2007 Died in a local nursing home aged 91 years.        Biographical Chronology