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The
Lee LeBlanc Wildlife Art Gallery
Lee LeBlanc (1913-88) a graduate of Iron
River High School in 1931,studied art and in1937 began his Hollywood
motion picture career as animator to Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
His best known film production was "Ben Hur".
From 1941 to 1956, he was an artist
for Twentieth Century Fox, leaving to become administrative head of MGM
Special Photographic Effects Department. He retired as Art Director for
MGM in 1962. He returned to
his hometown Iron River and began painting wildlife.
He has won the National Duck Stamp, the National Turkey Stamp and
the National Bass Stamp awards. Over
200 of his works are on display.
His career found new direction in
calendar art with commissions from Brown and Bigelow and Shedd Brown. He
also began book illustrating. In 1967 he was appointed art director for
Oddo Publishing.
The focus of the 70's was in wildlife
painting. His awards were many.
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2012 Iron County Historical Museum.
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