Volk, Douglas, 1856-1935

Volk was an American portrait painter and son of sculptor Leonard Volk.

From the description of Letter, September 4, 1931. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 268661220

Douglas Volk (full name Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk) (1856-1935) was a painter. His father, Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895) was a sculptor. Both were active in Center Lovell, Me.

From the description of Stephen A. Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers, 1845-1960 (bulk 1845-1892). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394147

Sculptors; Center Lovell, Me. Leonard Wells b. 1828, d. 1895. Douglas, b. 1856, d. 1935.

From the description of Stephen A. Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers, 1845-1957 (bulk 1845-1892). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123429801

Douglas Volk (b. 1856, Pittsfield, MA) was a noted American portrait and landscape painter, and the son of sculptor Leonard Volk (1828-1895). He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under Jean-Leone Gerome in Paris (ca1873-1875) and later taught at New York's Cooper Institute (1879-1884). In 1886 he became the first president of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. In 1904 Volk and wife Marion--a painter and textile artist--moved to Center Lovell, Maine where they established the Sabatos Handicraft Society and hosted an artist colony at their "Hewnoaks" estate. Douglas Volk received various commissions for public art (including one for the Polk County courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa), and is well-known for his series of portraits of Abraham Lincoln, who his father met in 1860 while working on a life mask of the president. Volk died in 1935 at Fryeburg, Maine.

From the description of Douglas Volk correspondence and contracts, 1912-1913. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 746161097

Painter; Centre Lovell, Me.

Full name is Stephen A. Douglas Volk.

From the description of Douglas Volk letter and photograph, 1917-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370432