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Dorothy Deyrup

Dorothy Alden Johnson Deyrup (1908 - 1961) was active/lived in New York.  Dorothy Deyrup is known for Paintings, woodcuts.

American Social Realist Painter (1908 — 1961)

One of four sisters and two brothers, Dorothy Alden Johnson Deyrup was the eldest daughter of Alvin Saunders Johnson,  founder of the New School for Social Research, and Edith Henry Alden Johnson.  
Early on, Dorothy studied privately with painter and portrait artist, Robert Hallowell,  whose portraits included the study of John Reed,  and then she graduated from Barnard College in New York City.  It is likely that Hallowell introduced his pupil to the Montross Gallery. 

Growing up on the Johnson estate in Upper Nyack, New York, the young Dorothy appreciated her neighbor, Edward Hopper's, work, however, she strove not to be influenced by other artists.  She and her family knew Camilo Egas, Director of the Art Department at the New School, and Thomas Hart Benton, whom Dorothy first met in the family apartment, and whose murals were commissioned and installed at the New School along   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1874 characters.]  Artist bio

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