A painter and playwright, Sebree is the author of three plays: “My Mother Came Crying Most Pitifully” (1949), “Mrs. Patterson” (1954), and “Dry August” (1972). “Mrs. Patterson” was a Broadway musical starring Eartha Kitt.
Sebree attended the Art Institute of Chicago, worked for the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, and served in the army in WWII. He lived in New York City after the war, then moved to in DC, living in the city from 1947 until 1995. He was an active member of May Miller’s salons. His paintings are in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the University of Chicago, and the National Gallery of Art.
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