William Lee Hankey

Born 28 March 1869, in Chester; died 1952, in London.

Painter, watercolourist. Genre scenes, landscapes.

William Lee Hankey studied in London, then travelled the world. He set up in Chester, where he was working in 1893. He began to exhibit in London, at Suffolk Street, in 1893. He also spent time in France and exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français where he was awarded an honourable mention in 1906. He was a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of Painters-Etchers and Engravers.

"HANKEY, William Lee." In Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/subscriber/article/benezit/B00083435 (accessed May 1, 2012).