Dreier, Dorothea A., 1870-1923

Landscape painter; Brooklyn, NY; b. 1870, d. 1923; sister of Katherine Dreier

Theodor Dreier emigrated from Germany around 1849, settled in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised four daughters (Mary, Margaret, Dorothea, and Katherine) and a son (H. Edward). Mary and Margaret grew up to work for women's suffrage and other social causes. Dorothea and Katherine Dreier studied painting at the Art Students League, with Walter Shirlaw, and in Europe. While these latter two were in Holland together in 1913 studying the work of Van Gogh, Dorothea contracted tuberculosis and was forced to return to the U.S. She recovered from the immediate effects of the illness, but her health was seriously undermined. Dorothea died in 1923, and her siblings well outlived her. Katherine translated a book about Van Gogh and was a visible figure in the art world until her death in 1952.

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