Dorothy Gillespie

Dorothy M. Gillespie
Dorothy Gillespie outside the Maryland Institute College of Art, ca. 1939
Born1920
Died2012 (aged 91–92)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArtist
Years active1938-2010

Dorothy Gillespie (1920–2012) was an American artist and sculptor who became known for her large and colorful abstract metal sculptures. Her works are featured at her alma mater (Radford University) in Virginia,[1] where she later returned to teach, as well as in New York (where she was an artist in residence for the feminist Women's Interart Center),[2] Wilmington, North Carolina, and Florida.[3]

  1. ^ Dorothy Gillespie. Radford, Virginia: Radford University Foundation Press. 1998. ISBN 0-96336544-4.
  2. ^ Women's Interart Center records, 1970–1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (July 16, 2020). Retrieved on 2020-08-02.
  3. ^ Steelman, Ben (October 1, 2012). "Artist Dorothy Gillespie dies". StarNews Online.