Dorothy Varian (April 26, 1895 – 1985) was an American painter in New York City and Woodstock, New York, who worked primarily with watercolor and oil painting.[1][2]
Early life
editVarian was born on April 26, 1895, in New York City to Eugene W. and Helen Estelle Varian.[2] She dropped out of high school at fifteen and entered Cooper Union, from which she later graduated with honors.[2] Varian then attended the Art Students League of New York, where she won first and second prize in a local art contest sponsored by movie producer William Fox.[2]
Exhibitions and collections
editOver the course of her career, Varian held fifteen solo exhibitions and received many awards, including the Kuniyoshi Award in 1975.[2] She exhibited at the studio galleries of the Whitney Museum in 1928,[3] and at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1936.[4] Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art,[4] Newark Museum of Art[5] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[1] Her personal papers are included in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.[2]
Personal life
editVarian died in 1985 in New York City.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Dorothy Varian". www.whitney.org.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Dorothy Varian". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ Hamilton Easter Field; Forbes Watson (1929). The Arts. Arts Publishing Corporation. pp. 175–.
- ^ a b "Dorothy Varian – MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ "Search Our Collection | Newark Museum". www.newarkmuseumart.org. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
External links
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