Russell "Rex" Gordon Goreleigh (1902 – 1986) was an African American painter, printmaker, and arts educator.
[6][8] In 1934, Goreleigh traveled to Europe where he studied under artists Andre Lhote in Paris, and with Leo Z. Moll in Germany.
[9] Goreleigh also became acquainted with artists of the Harlem Renaissance including Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden.
[7] Goreleigh moved to Chicago in 1940 and managed the Works Progress Administration's South Side Community Art Center.
The organization was founded by the local Jewish and Quaker communities to promote racial and religious integration through the arts.
[7][10] Goreleigh established the Studio-on-the-Canal, a Princeton-based arts center with workshops in painting, printmaking, and ceramics.