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Edgar Leeteg

American artist

Died when: 48 years 300 days (585 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Edgar Leeteg

Edgar William Leeteg (April 13, 1904 East St.Louis, Illinois – February 7, 1953 Papeete, Tahiti) was an American painter often considered the father of American velvet painting.

He immigrated to French Polynesia in 1933, where he spent the rest of his life painting the local life on black velvet.


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