Pauline Dohn Rudolph

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Pauline Dohn Rudolph
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Born
Pauline Amalie Dohn

1865 (1865)
Chicago, Illinois
Died1934 (aged 68–69)
NationalityAmerican
Known for Painting
Spouse
Franklin Rudolph
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(m. 1901⁠–⁠1922)​
(his death) [1]

Pauline Dohn Rudolph (1865-1934) was an American painter. She was also a founder of the Chicago Palette Club.

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Early years

Dohn was born in Chicago in 1865. [2] She studied art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts [3] and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where she studied with Thomas Eakins and Thomas Anschutz. [4] She later moved to Paris and enrolled at the Académie Julian, studying with Boulanger and Lefebvre. [5] [6]

Career

Returning to Chicago, she founded [7] and exhibited at the Palette Club before accepting a teaching position at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. [5] Dohn exhibited at least four works at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago—the mural Industrial Arts for the Reception Room of the Illinois State Building, as well as paintings in the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building. [8]

Later life

Dohn married Franklin Rudolph in 1901, [3] with whom she had three children. [5] She moved to California in 1933, where she died on June 19, 1934. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pauline Dohn Rudolph: Winnetkan and National Artist". Winnetka Historical Society. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Greenough, Nan. "The Portrait of Mary Dohn". Winnetka Historical Society. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p. 614
  4. ↑ "Pauline Amalie (Rudolph) Dohn". AskArt. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pauline Dohn (Rudolph)". M. Christine Schwartz Collection. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986, p. 798
  7. ↑ "Pauline Dohn Rudolph". Chicago Artists. Illinois Historical Art Project. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893" . Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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