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Dorothea A. Dreier

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Dorothea A. Dreier
Portrait of Dreier by Walter Shirlaw
Born(1870-12-08)December 8, 1870
Brooklyn, New York, US
DiedSeptember 14, 1923(1923-09-14) (aged 52)
Saranac, New York, U.S.
Resting placeGreen-Wood Cemetery
Known forPainting
MovementPost-Impressionism
New York, The Little Church around the Corner, 1920

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

Biography

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Dreier was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 8, 1870, to German immigrants Dorothea Adelheid and John Caspar Theodor Dreier.[1] Her five siblings included the painter Katherine S. Dreier, social reformer Mary Dreier, and the labor leader Margaret Dreier Robins. The family embraced their German heritage and frequently travel to Europe. Dorothea studied at the Art Students League of New York in New York City under John Twachtman, William Merritt Chase, and Walter Shirlaw.[2][3] She was a member of the Society of Independent Artists.[1]

During her life Dreier exhibited at the New York Water Color Society, Société Anonyme, Museum of Modern Art, the Society of Independent Artists, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Doré Galleries.[4][5]

She died from tuberculosis on September 14, 1923 in Saranac, New York.[5][6] A posthumous retrospective of her work was held at the Brooklyn Museum in 1925.[7]

Dreier's work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Wadsworth Atheneum, Yale University Art Gallery, and the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum.[1] Her papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dorothea Dreier". AskArt. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ L.C. (1962). "Dorothy A. Dreier". ARTNews Archive. 60 (10): 16 – via EBSCOhost.
  4. ^ "Interest Is Being Revived in the Art of Piqué in England". Art News Archive. 23 (28): 7. 1925 – via EBSCOhost.
  5. ^ a b "Dreier, Dorothea A." Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2013. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b2235808. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  6. ^ "Brooklyn Museum to Hold Memorial Show for Dorothea Dreier". Art News Archive. 23 (27): 1. 1925 – via EBSCOhost.
  7. ^ "Memorial Exhibition of the Paintings of the Late Dorothea A. Dreier". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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