Dorothy Dehner

(American, 1901–1994)

conversation by dorothy dehner

Dorothy Dehner

Conversation, 1953

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mirage series by dorothy dehner

Dorothy Dehner

Mirage Series, 1971

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poem for hong kong by dorothy dehner

Dorothy Dehner

Poem for Hong Kong, 1954

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the city to the bridge by dorothy dehner

Dorothy Dehner

The City to the Bridge, 1970

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new city by dorothy dehner

Dorothy Dehner

New City, 1976

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prelude by dorothy dehner

Dorothy Dehner

Prelude, 1985

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prelude and fugue by dorothy dehner

Dorothy Dehner

Prelude and Fugue, 1989

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war poem by dorothy dehner

Dorothy Dehner

War Poem, 1954

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couple by dorothy dehner

Dorothy Dehner

Couple, 1988

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Biography

Timeline

1901
Born in Cleveland, USA
1915
Attended University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied modern dance
1922
Studied at American Academy of Dramatic Art, New York, USA
1925 - 1929
Studied at Art Student's League, New York, USA
1970
Fellowship, Yaddo Foundation, Saratoga Springs, USA
1983
Lifetime Achievement Award, Women's Caucus for Art, New York, USA
1987
Award of Distinction, National Sculpture Conference: Works by Women, Cincinnati, USA
1994
Died in New York, USA

Exhibitions

2005
Dorothy Dehner: The 1970s, An Homage to her 1979 Parsons-Dreyfuss Exhibition (solo)
2001
Dorothy Dehner, Anticipating a Third Dimension, Selected Drawings and Related Sculpture from the 1950s and 1960s, Kraushaar Galleries Inc, New York, USA (solo)
1999
Dorothy Dehner: Drawings and Sculpture 1950-1991, Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
1998
Dorothy Dehner: Landscapes of Memory, Kraushaar Galleries Inc, New York, USA (solo)
1996
Dorothy Dehner, Drawings, Prints Sculpture, Kraushaar Galleries Inc, New York, USA (solo)
1994
Dorothy Dehner: A Lifetime of Art, Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
1993
Dorothy Dehner: Sixty Years of Art, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, USA (solo)
Paths to Discovery: The New York School, Baruch College Art Gallery, City University of NY, New York, USA
1992
Dorothy Dehner, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, USA (solo)
1991
Dorothy Dehner, Baruch College Art Gallery, City University of NY, New York, USA (solo)

Public Collections

The Whitney Museum of American Art , New York, NY
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, IL
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ

Literature

1995
Glaubinger, Jane. Dorothy Dehner: Drawings, Prints, Sculpture. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1995 (catalogue)