Dorothy Varian

Dorothy Varian (1895–1985) was an American painter in New York City and Woodstock, NY who worked primarily with watercolor and oil painting.[1][2]

Early life

Varian was born on April 26, 1895 in New York City to Eugene W. and Helen Estelle Varian.[2] She dropped out of high school at fifteen and entered Cooper Union, from which she later graduated with honors.[2] Varian then attended the Art Students League of New York, where she won first and second prize in a local art contest sponsored by movie producer William Fox.[2]

Exhibitions and collections

Over the course of her career, Varian held fifteen solo exhibitions and received many awards, including the Kuniyoshi Award in 1975.[2] She exhibited at the studio galleries of the Whitney Museum in 1928,[3] and at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1936.[4] Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art,[4] Newark Museum of Art[5] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[1] Her personal papers are included in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.[2]

References
  1. "Dorothy Varian". www.whitney.org.
  2. "Dorothy Varian". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  3. Hamilton Easter Field; Forbes Watson (1929). The Arts. Arts Publishing Corporation. pp. 175–.
  4. "Dorothy Varian – MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  5. "Search Our Collection | Newark Museum". www.newarkmuseumart.org. Retrieved 2020-03-07.


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