Dorothy Grafly

Dorothy Grafly
Born29 July 1896 Edit this on Wikidata
Died13 November 1980 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 84)
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OccupationJournalist, art critic Edit this on Wikidata
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Dorothy Grafly (later Drummond) (July 29, 1896 – November 13, 1980) was an American journalist, art critic, author, curator and philanthropist. Grafly wrote extensively for a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, and was described in Time magazine as "the ablest art critic in the city" of Philadelphia.[1] Her book A History of the Philadelphia Print Club appeared in 1929.[2][3] She served as the editor of Art Outlook (1943–1949) and the publisher and editor of Art in Focus (1949–1980).[4][5]

From 1932 to 1945, Grafly was curator at the Drexel Museum and Picture Gallery.[6] In 1996, her biographical memoir of her father, sculptor Charles Grafly, was published along with an exhibition catalog, The sculptor's clay: Charles Grafly, 1862–1929, celebrating his studio collection which Grafly and her husband had donated to the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Art: In Philadelphia". Time. 14 February 1938.
  2. ^ "The Print Club" (PDF). Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. ^ Grafly, Dorothy (1929). A History of the Philadelphia Print Club. Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Print Club. Illustrated by E. H. Suydam
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  7. ^ "Charles Grafly unpublished manuscript MS.016 Finding Aid prepared by Hoang Tran" (PDF). The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Dorothy and Kenneth Woodcock Archives. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. ^ Knaub, Donald E.; Simpson, Pamela Hemenway (1996). The sculptor's clay: Charles Grafly (1862–1929); exhibition February 8 – April 7, 1996. Wichita, Kansas: Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University. ISBN 9781887883009.