Hon Chew Hee

Hon Chew Hee (1906 – 1993) was an American muralist, watercolorist and printmaker who was born in Kahului, on the Hawaiian island of Maui in 1906.

He returned to the United States in 1920 at age 14 in order to further his training at the San Francisco Art Institute, receiving that school's highest academic honor.

In Hawaii, he worked as a freelance artist and held classes in both Western and Eastern styles of painting.

At this time, Doi instructed the young artist in woodcarving techniques and Hee, like his master, created wood engravings drawn from the rural life in the Islands.

From 1932 to the beginning of World War II, Hee lived in San Francisco, where he founded the Chinese Art Association.