Curtis Lee Fairley
* 1927 – † 2021 in Washington, DC (USA)
Flags, undated
mixed media on paper
33 x 33 cm
Curtis Lee Fairley (1927–2021) was an American artist. He served in the U.S. Navy as a cook for over twenty years. After resigning from active service in the 1960, he enlisted as a reservist and lived in a men’s boardinghouse in New York. Working on found paper, he drew richly detailed recollections of his time in the Navy.
* 1927 – † 2021 in Washington, DC (USA)
Knock about USS consolation, undated
mixed media on paper
35.5 x 28 cm
* 1927 – † 2021 in Washington, DC (USA)
Submarine plus escape hatch bell, undated
mixed media on paper
51 x 35.5 cm
* 1927 – † 2021 in Washington, DC (USA)
The hogs tray, undated
mixed media on paper
21,5 x 28 cm
* 1927 – † 2021 in Washington, DC (USA)
The hogs tray, undated
mixed media on paper
21.5 x 28 cm
Waterfall with grass plus submarines and birds, undated
mixed media on paper
56 x 33 cm