Justus DaLee was an American folk art

Folk art

Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic....

ist born October 1, 1793 in Pittstown, Washington County, New York

New York

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 to James Waterman DaLee and his wife, Anstis Kinnicutt. He married Mary Fowler October 13, 1816 at White Creek, Washington County, New York, and they had ten children. He served as a musician in the War of 1812

War of 1812

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 and was a professor of penmanship

Penmanship

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He was active in the New York area and was known for his miniature naïve art

Naïve art

Naïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique. While many naïve artists appear, from their works, to have little or no formal art training, this is often not true...

 side portraits. Media used were mixed-media/multimedia

Multimedia

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, oil

Oil

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, watercolor, and ink

Ink

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He died January 5, 1878 in Eden, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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and is buried in the Odekirk Cemetery, Town of Eden
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.