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Frank V. Dudley (1868-1957) Frank Dudley studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1918, Dudley had an exhibition of his paintings of the area at the Art Institute of Chicago. He also exhibited at the Chicago Gallery Association, Union League Club, Chicago (a painting by Dudley remains in their collection), Hoosier Salon, and the Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Dudley was also a devoted supporter of the Indiana dunes area conservation movement. Victor Dubreuil (American, active circa 1880 to 1910) Dubreuil remains a rather shadowy figure in the history of trompe l’oeil still life painting, since little of his biography has been traced. He may have been the son of a French couple, Aime T. and Caroline Ferraro Dubreuil, who emigrated to New York around 1847 (Old Money: American Trompe L’Oeil Images of Currency, exhibition catalog, Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1988, p. 70). His birth and [...] Click here to continue reading. Alexander John Drysdale (1870-1934) Born in Marrieta, Georgia, Alexander Drysdale took classes at the Southern Art Union when his family moved to New Orleans in 1883. From 1901 to 1903, he lived in New York City, and studied with Robert Henri, George Inness, and William Merritt Chase. He returned to New Orleans and painted primarily landscapes. In 1916 he developed a watercolor method of diluting oil paint in kerosene which he then applied with [...] Click here to continue reading. Werner Drewes (1899-1985) An important American modern painter and printmaker, Werner Drewes was born in Niederlausitz, Germany on July 27, 1899 and first came to California in 1926. He was highly influenced by the printmaking tradition of the German Expressionists, and continued his craftsmanship at the Bauhaus. He became close friends with Kandinsky, Klee, Moholy-Nagy, and Oskar Schlemmer. Drewes moved to New York in 1930, met Katherine Drier, and became involved [...] Click here to continue reading. George W. Drew (1875-1968) New York native, George W. Drew was born in 1875 and is most remembered for his landscape paintings. Drew studied under the artists John Califano and Henry Pember Smith and held various exhibits at locations such as the National Academy of Design (1898), the New York State Fair, the Newark Museum, and the New York Museum of Science and Industry. He was a member of the Allied Arts of America, [...] Click here to continue reading. Clement Drew (American, 1806 to 1889) Clement Drew was a noted Massachusetts marine painter, figurehead carver, photographer, and art dealer. Grace Gebbie Wiederseim Drayton, (1877 to 1936) Author / illustrator Grace Gebbie Wiederseim Drayton was known for Fido, Kitty Puss, and other children’s books. She created Toodles and Pussy Pumpkins,” “Dimples,” and “Pussycat Princess,” “Dolly Dingle,” and illustrated many series in magazines. Her “funny babies” were the mainstay of her tremendous popularity, but she is undoubtedly best-known for her Campbell Soup Kids. According to the Dictionary of Women Artists, she is considered [...] Click here to continue reading. Orrin Draver (1895-1964) Orrin Draver was born in Nebraska and moved to Richmond, Indiana to tend to the family business. A self-taught artist who painted primarily in the Richmond, Indiana vicinity, Draver frequently painted seasonal landscapes with native Indiana beech trees. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Dr. Syntax The Doctor Syntax series originated with the English caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson, whose sketches lampooned England’s poor country clerics, and the eccentric author, William Combe (himself in debtor’s prison at the time) who penned rhymes to match the sketches, circa 1815 to 1821. The learned Doctor leaves his wife to tour England “in Search of the Picturesque” and publish a book of his experiences and sketches to “create a real mint”. This folly [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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