Dows, Olin, 1904-1981

Olin Dows (1904-1981) was a painter and arts administrator; he primarily lived and worked in Rhinebeck, New York. Dows was born in Irvington-on-Hudson, NY. He graduated from Harvard University in 1926 and also studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts. In 1935 he was appointed director of the Treasury Relief Art Project, funded by the Works Progress Administration. In 1938 he painted a series of murals for the post office in Rhinebeck, NY, and in 1941 painted murals for the post office in Hyde Park, NY. From 1938 to 1941 Dows was on the Board of Directors of the American Federation of Arts. In 1942 he enlisted in the Army Engineers Corps and was commissioned as a war artist, covering the European Theater of Operations. An exhibit of works produced by this project was held in 1944, entitled "The Army at War." Dows was discharged from the army in 1945. A book of his watercolors, Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park, was published in 1949.

From the guide to the Olin Dows letters, 1938-1949, (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)

Sculptor, painter, printmaker, writer, lecturer, director of Treasury Relief Art Project; Rhinebeck, New York.

From the description of Olin Dows letters, 1938-1949 and [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502783

Art administrator; Washington, D.C.

From the description of Olin Dows interview, 1963 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220193047

From the description of Oral history interview with Olin Dows, 1963 Oct. 31 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312025509

Olin Dows (1904-1981) was a sculptor, painter, printmaker, writer, lecturer, and the director of Treasury Relief Art Project from Rhinebeck, N.Y.

From the description of Olin Dows letters, 1938-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767864485

Dows, a Rhinebeck, N.Y. artist, designed and executed the mural in the Hyde Park Post Office and wrote FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AT HYDE PARK (1949).

From the description of Papers, 1939-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155522619