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Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) Arthur Wesley Dow was one of the most influential art teachers of his generation. His teaching and writings profoundly affected American painting, printmaking, ceramics and photography. But all of his instruction would have been less effective were it not for his own example as a painter and printmaker who was an important forerunner of Modernism. Over the course of his career Dow’s own art drew inspiration from, and [...] Click here to continue reading. Henry Dousa (American, 1820 to after 1892) French-born Henry Dousa (born circa 1845) is a somewhat enigmatic folk artist. Early accounts describe him as friendless, a difficult husband, and his works as “amusingly stiff.” He lived most of his life in Lafayette, Indiana, removing temporarily to New Castle, but returning to Lafayette where he later died. He worked in a variety of media, including oil, pastel, and watercolor, and he executed “portraits” of livestock, [...] Click here to continue reading. Paul Dougherty (1877-1947) Born in Brooklyn, New York, Paul Dougherty became a famous painter of dramatic marine scenes and desert landscapes although his family hoped he would become a lawyer. Following his father who was an attorney, he graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1896 and New York Law School in 1898. But he changed professions to art and studied with Robert Henri and in Europe for five years from 1900 to 1905. He [...] Click here to continue reading. Dorothy Doughty, Royal Worcester Ceramic Artist In the early 1930′s, a Mr. Alex Dickins, a publisher of etchings and messotints, visitied with the Royal Worcester company. He had become interested in exporting to America the china figurines of English studio artists. He suggested to Royal Worcester that they might make a series of American bird models, which by using a non-reflecting surface, would be nearer to nature, and therefore an improvement on the creations [...] Click here to continue reading. Amos Doolittle (1754-1832) One of America’s most important early engravers, Amos Doolittle was born in Wallingfor (New Haven), Connecticut on May 8, 1754 and learned the engraving trade as an apprentice silversmith. A partriot, Doolittle enlisted as a private soldier in the Governor’s Second Company of Guards (Connecticut, Capt. Benedict Arnold, commanding). Hearing about the fighting at Lexington and Concord, forty volunteers of this company marched to Cambridge, Massachusetts, arriving on April 29th, [...] Click here to continue reading. Gaines Ruger Donoho (1857-1916) The son of a prosperous plantation owner, Gaines Ruger Donoho was born in Church Hill, Mississippi in December, 1857. The onset of the Civil War, coupled with the death of his father in the early 1860′s, severely disrupted Donoho’s childhood. His mother Julia was of Northern descent, and her relatives arranged for their move at the end of the war. Eventually, they settled in Washington, D.C., where Donoho engaged [...] Click here to continue reading. Vic Donahue (b.1913) Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vic Donahue was raised in Omaha and became a newspaper artist there and in Chicago. He sketched and painted the Marines in the Pacific, becoming one of the first official combat artists. Following the war, he joined the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate in Cleveland, Ohio as a feature artist and was nominated two times for the Pulitzer Prize for Best Newspaper Feature of the Year. He moved to [...] Click here to continue reading. A. Polk Donaghho began his pottery business circa 1843 in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania. Between 1870 and 1874 Donaghho moved the pottery to Parkersburg, West Virginia where it operated until circa 1900. While in Parkersburg Donaghho marked some of his pottery with the Donaghho mark and some “Excelsior Pottery”. John Henry Dolph (1835 to 1903) Born in Fort Ann, New York, John Henry Dolph began his career as a portrait and landscape painter in Detroit during the 1850′s. But, he is best know for his masterful, and sometimes humorous, paintings of cats and dogs. After five years of study abroad, Dolph’s artistic focus changed from people and landscapes to animals. Celebrated “Animalier” Louis Van Kuyek tutored Dolph for two years in Antwerp, and [...] Click here to continue reading. Beverly B. Dobbs (1868 to 1937) Beverly Dobbs was born in Marshall, Missouri. At the age of 20, Dobbs started a photography studio in Bellingham, Washington in partnership with F.F. Fleming. At the turn-of-the-century, the Alaskan Gold Rush lured him to leave his 12-year business and head north to Nome. There he met A.B. Kinne and started a studio, offering photography and photo supplies. During this time, he documented his surroundings, taking portraits of [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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