Lewis Teague (painter)

R. (Rudolph) Lewis Teague (November 30, 1917 in Jamaica, New York – April 14, 1978 Fayston, Vermont) was a renowned American painter. The youngest son of Industrial Designer Walter Dorwin Teague, he initially studied architecture at the Pratt Institute. Two years into his studies, he was encouraged to consider pursuing painting by Tom Benrimo, his instructor, and he began studying at the Art Student League, finding Morris Kantor a sympathetic mentor and teacher.

Recovering from a serious bout with polio in 1949, Teague and his second wife (1950), Virginia Vanderbilt, moved to Vermont from New York in 1954 where they raised four children, Allison, Cecelia, John and Joshua. Teague learned to paint with his right hand, delivering a body of work that was shown at the New York World's Fair in the Gas Pavilion restaurant in 1960, at the Port Authority in 1964, and through the Bermuda Society of Arts in Bermuda, with Henry Moore in 1965. Numerous shows in Vermont and New York punctuated his career until his death in 1978.

He leaves a legacy of paintings and drawings that have essentially not seen the light of day since his death.