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RYAN LEE is pleased to announce Herbert Gentry At The Chelsea Hotel, a selection of lyrical paintings made during Gentry’s tenure at the Chelsea Hotel between 1971 and the late 1990s. A New York native who grew up in Harlem, Gentry established himself in the post-war art scene of Paris and Scandinavia before returning to New York to participate in downtown Manhattan’s thriving art scene.

A community gatherer, Herbert Gentry (b. 1919 – d. 2003) always played an important role in serving as a transatlantic link for artists between New York and European capitals. One of the first artists to go …