Dorr Bothwell

Dorr Bothwell
Born(1902-05-03)May 3, 1902
San Francisco, California
DiedSeptember 24, 2000(2000-09-24) (aged 98)
Fort Bragg, California
NationalityAmerican
MovementCalifornia Modernist
Spouse
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(m. 1932⁠–⁠1934)​
AwardsSan Francisco Women in the Arts Award (1979)
Dorr Bothwell's bas-relief, in Riverside, California, depicting Juan Bautista de Anza's 1775 colonizing expedition.

Dorr Hodgson Bothwell (May 3, 1902 – September 24, 2000) was an American artist, designer, educator, and world-traveler. A varied artist, Bothwell was considered a part of the Bay Area Surrealist artist scene and has paintings, drawings, collages, and prints in notable museums throughout the world.[1][2] She was particularly known for her innovative use of serigraphy as a fine art form.[3] Born in San Francisco, California, and later raised in San Diego, California, Bothwell knew from the age of 4 that she wanted to be an artist.[4] As a teenager, she studied dance at the Ratliff School for Dancing.[5] Her art career began at the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) in 1921 under the tutelage of Gottardo Piazzoni and Rudolph Schaeffer.[6][7] Bothwell was married to sculptor Donal Hord in 1932 but divorced shortly after likely due to her independence in traveling and difference of opinion on "domestic duties".[8]

  1. ^ "In Memoriam: Dorr Bothwell" Cloverdale Reveillie, Oct 18, 2000, p. 2.
  2. ^ Chadwick, Whitney (1985). "Narrative Imagism and the Figurative Tradition in Northern California Painting". Art Journal. 45 (4): 309–314. doi:10.2307/776804. ISSN 0004-3249. JSTOR 776804.
  3. ^ "Community of Creatives: San Francisco Visual Creative Community 1945 to 1970: Dorr Bothwell". Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  4. ^ "Obituaries: Dorr Bothwell; Painter Lived Nomadic Life", Los Angeles Times, Sep 28, 2000, p. B14.
  5. ^ Quinn, Kelly (2013). "I'll pretend that I am going to 'art school': Dorr Bothwell in Samoa, 1928–1929". Archives of American Art Journal. 52 (1/2): 70–79. doi:10.1086/aaa.52.1_2.43155569. ISSN 0003-9853. JSTOR 43155569. S2CID 192096257.
  6. ^ "'Dorr Bothwell, 1902–2000: A chronology' (Toby C. Moss Gallery, 2005)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2006-05-24.
  7. ^ Richard, Valliere T. "Dorr Bothwell: Edited Biography." Arts & Entertainment Magazine, March/April 1999. Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California.
  8. ^ Quinn, Kelly (2013). "I'll pretend that I am going to 'art school': Dorr Bothwell in Samoa, 1928–1929". Archives of American Art Journal. 52 (1/2): 70–79. doi:10.1086/aaa.52.1_2.43155569. ISSN 0003-9853. JSTOR 43155569. S2CID 192096257.