Dorothea A. Dreier

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Dorothea A. Dreier
Walter Shirlaw - Portrait of Dorothea A. Dreier (1870-1923) - 1941.686 - Yale University Art Gallery.jpg
Portrait of Dreier by Walter Shirlaw
Born(1870-12-08)December 8, 1870
Brooklyn, New York, US
Died1923 (aged 52–53)
Saranac, New York, U.S.
EducationArt Students League of New York
Known forPainting
New York, The Little Church around the Corner, 1920

Dorothea Adelheid Dreier (1870–1923) was an American painter.

Biography[]

Dreier was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 8, 1870. Her five siblings included the painter Katherine S. Dreier, social reformer Mary Dreier, and the labor leader Margaret Dreier Robins. She studied in New York City where her teachers included John Twachtman and William Merritt Chase.[1] She studied at the Art Students League of New York. She was a member of the Society of Independent Artists.[2]

She died in 1923 in Saranac, New York.[3] A posthumous retrospective of her work was held at the Brooklyn Museum in 1925.[4]

Dreier's work is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.[5] Her papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Biographical Note | A Finding Aid to the Dorothea A. Dreier papers, 1881-1941, bulk 1887-1923". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Dorothea Dreier". AskArt. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Dreier, Dorothea A.". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2013. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B2235808. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Memorial Exhibition of the Paintings of the Late Dorothea A. Dreier". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Winter Wood Scene". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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