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1877 Brooklyn, New York - 1952 Milford, Connecticut. 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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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." Am... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Non Objective Subject
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Russia
Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Grand Central School of Art, Student
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Louise and Alan Sellars Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •MacBeth Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York