Theodore Scott-Dabo

Theodore Scott-Dabo (November 16, 1865[ N1] - November 17, 1928) casually known as Scott Dabo, was a French/American tonalist landscape artist thought to be originally from Detroit, Michigan but now known to have been born in Saverne, France.[1][2] Active both in New York and Paris, he was the younger brother of Leon Dabo. Both artists were Impressionist landscape painters, who shared in a similar manner in style and tone.[3] During the period when they worked together, their subjects were usually landscapes and seascapes in the early morning or evening at twilight, they utilized spare composition and reductive color schemes to evoke what they termed, mood. The Dabo brothers style that had a Whistlerian quality, and like James McNeill Whistler both would come to be labeled Tonalist.[4] The youngest brother in the family, Louis, a writer and publicist, also used the name Scott Dabo.[5]

  1. ^ Tottis, James W. (2005). American Paintings at the Detroit Institute of Art, Vol. 3. D Giles Ltd., London. p. 52. ISBN 1-904832-06-7.
  2. ^ Alsace-Lorraine, France Citizenship Declarations (Optants), 1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: ARFIDO S.A. Les Optants d'Alsace Lorraine. Série 43. Paris: ARFIDO S.A., 2006. © ARFIDO S.A.
  3. ^ "STORY OF THE FINDING OF AN ARTISTIC GENIUS". Lowell Sun. March 22, 1905. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  4. ^ Merril, Linda (2003). After Whistler: The Artist and His Influence on American Painting. Yale University Press. p. 168. ISBN 0-300-10125-2.
  5. ^ Advertising Automobiles, by L. Scott Dabo. Vol. 47. Printers' Ink. April 6, 1904. p. 22. Retrieved 2008-12-27.