Painter/print-maker Dorothy Dolph Jensen began her study of art at a very young age. Born in Forest Grove, Oregon to a prominent pioneer family, her grandfather was the US Senator from Oregon, Joseph... Read full biography
Painter/print-maker Dorothy Dolph Jensen began her study of art at a very young age. Born in Forest Grove, Oregon to a prominent pioneer family, her grandfather was the US Senator from Oregon, Joseph N. Dolph and her mother was a well-known character actress, Augusta Armstrong Dolph. Dorothy was... Read full biography
Painter/print-maker Dorothy Dolph Jensen began her study of art at a very young age. Born in Forest Grove, Oregon to a prominent pioneer family, her grandfather was the US Senator from Oregon, Joseph N. Dolph and her mother was a well-known character actress, Augusta Armstrong Dolph. Dorothy was sent to Europe at the age of twelve where she would remain until 1914. While in Europe, she began art studies first in Antwerp with a Monsieur Hanneau and then in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens at the... Read full biography
Painter/print-maker Dorothy Dolph Jensen began her study of art at a very young age. Born in Forest Grove, Oregon to a prominent pioneer family, her grandfather was the US Senator from Oregon, Joseph N. Dolph and her mother was a well-known character actress, Augusta Armstrong Dolph. Dorothy was sent to Europe at the age of twelve where she would remain until 1914. While in Europe, she began art studies first in Antwerp with a Monsieur Hanneau and then in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. It was while attending this school that she first learned how to produce etchings at the age of 13. Returning to the Northwest in 1914, Jensen moved to Seattle before attending the Portland Art School where she studied with... Read full biography
Painter/print-maker Dorothy Dolph Jensen began her study of art at a very young age. Born in Forest Grove, Oregon to a prominent pioneer family, her grandfather was the US Senator from Oregon, Joseph N. Dolph and her mother was a well-known character actress, Augusta Armstrong Dolph. Dorothy was sent to Europe at the age of twelve where she would remain until 1914. While in Europe, she began art studies first in Antwerp with a Monsieur Hanneau and then in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. It was while attending this school that she first learned how to produce etchings at the age of 13. Returning to the Northwest in 1914, Jensen moved to Seattle before attending the Portland Art School where she studied with Harry Wentz and Sidney Bell. Dorothy met Lloyd E. Jensen while they were working together at the Schneider Art Gallery in Seattle ar... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (6)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
An Enduring Legacy: Women Painters of Washington 1930-2005 (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Martin, David (Essay)
127 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998
Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick
405 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists