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Katherine Sophie Dreier

Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877 - 1952) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut.  Katherine Dreier is known for Modernist painting, art collecting.

Katherine Sophie Dreier was an artist, writer, and collector associated with the Dada movement in New York.  Early on, she manifested her dual interests in social issues and art. Her own painting was abstract with a spiritual emphasis, and she became a member of the Abstraction-Creation group.  She had an extensive art collection of her own that she donated to Yale University in 1941.

She was born into a prominent Brooklyn family on 10 September 1877.  Her parents were Dorothea Adelheid and John Caspar Theodor Dreier, both immigrants from Bremen, Germany.  Katherine was the youngest of five children. Dreier's father, Theodore, had amassed a modest fortune in an iron importing business. Years later Katherine would thank him for "the vision he firmly held to, ahead of his time, of giving the same 'privilege to his daughters as he gave to his son." Among the privileges conferred by the Dreiers to their children was the opportunity for education and   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7785 characters.]  Artist bio

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