Will H. Chandlee

Will H. Chandlee (January 1865 – 1955) was a painter and illustrator who worked in Washington, D.C. He was the art manager of The Evening Star for 20 years.

Early life[]

Chandlee was born in Washington D.C. in January 1865.^{[citation needed]} Chandlee is a descendant of the "Six Quaker Clockmakers," a family of precision clock- and . The Chandlees came from Ireland to Philadelphia in 1702, where Benjamin Chandlee became an apprentice to Abel Cottey, the first of the Six Quaker Clockmakers.^[1]

Career[]

In 1887, Chandlee exhibited his portrait of Li Hongzhang at an exhibition of the Water Color Club by the Society of Washington Artists. At this exhibition, he also exhibited a black and white sketch titled the Mountain Road that included a local subject. "tumble-down shanties" and the dome of the United States Capitol.^[2] Chandlee was the illustrator of the book Now-A-Day Poems (1900) by Philander Chase Johnson.^[3] As of 1913, Chandlee was the director of the Chandlee Washington School of Illustrating.^[4] In 1922, he was the director of the Washington School of Art.^[5] He was the art manager of The Evening Star for 20 years.^[6]

Chandlee was published in Pearson's Magazine in:^{[citation needed]}

• December 1904: The American House of Lords by David S. Barry
• January 1906: The Power of the Press by David S. Barry
• Taught at the Washington School of Art 1923-26
• Author and Illustrator of 1936 book "Mother Goose in Washington: A Story of Old King Dole and His Humpty Dumpty Court."

Personal life[]

Chandlee was married and had at least one daughter.^[7] He died in 1955.^{[citation needed]}

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