Doris Hodgson Bothwell, known as Dorr Bothwell, was born in San Francisco, in 1902. The Bothwell family moved to San Diego in 1911, where they became friends and neighbors with the artists Anna and Albert Valentien.
Bothwell began her art studies with Anna in 1916 at the age of 14. In the early 1920s, Bothwell returned to San Francisco to study at the California School of Fine Arts, then studied at the University of Oregon in Eugene and the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design in San Francisco, in 1926. Returning to San Diego in 1931, Bothwell became involved, once more, with the San Diego art community and exhibited with the San Diego Moderns.
In 1934, Bothwell was in Los Angeles and there she joined the post-Surrealist circle of Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg, finding some parallels between their post-Surrealist concepts and her own work. She attended classes conducted by Feitelson as part of the Public Works of Art Project from 1933–34 and eventually joined the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project as a painter in the mural division. She produced several murals for the WPA.
In the 1940s and ‘50s, Bothwell taught at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. She died on September 24, 2000, in Fort Bragg, California.
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MALLORCA
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
DORR BOTHWELL ( 1902 - 2000) MALLORCA Serigraph, Signed, titled and numbered 8/25 in pencil. Signed and dated in the print. Image. 13 1/8 x 9 inches, sheet 19 7/8 x 12 3/4 inches. ...
Screen
Orange Grove Landscape
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orange Grove Landscape, 1941, gouache on illustration board, 14 inches x 18 inches (image), 22 x 26 inches (framed) signed and dated lower right, newly framed with museum glazing ...
Gouache, Board
"Coast July No. 2" - Multi Layer Landscape Screenprint (9 of 23)
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Soquel, CA
Titled in lower left corner ("Coast July No. 2") Numbered lower center ("9/23") Signed and dated twice in lower right, once inside the artwork, once below ("Bothwell '63" and "Dorr Bothwell '63") Presented in a cream colored mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 24"H x 28"W Paper size: 20"H x 26"W Dorris Hodgson Bothwell (American, 1902–2000), known as Dorr, was born in San Francisco, California, on May 3, 1902. The Bothwell family moved to San Diego in 1911, where they became friends and neighbors with the artists Anna and Albert Valentien. Dorr began her art studies with Anna in 1916 at the age of 14. In the early 1920s, Dorr returned to San Francisco to study at the California School of Fine Arts, then studied at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, and the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, which was founded in San Francisco, 1926. After receiving a modest inheritance, Dorr traveled to American Samoa in 1928, where she remained for two years and produced many works of art in a wide variety of mediums. Some of these were successfully shown at the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego and the Beaux Gallery in San Francisco, allowing her to spend time in England, France, and Germany. Returning to San Diego in 1931, Dorr became involved, once more, with the San Diego art community and exhibited with the San Diego Moderns...
Paper, Ink, Screen
$1,200
H 12 in W 22.5 in D 0.13 in
A Charming 1940s Modern Watercolor of a City in Mexico w/ Cathedral and Rooftops
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of a City in Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. A well executed early work by Pen, completed during the artist's...
Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
$4,000
H 35.5 in W 53 in
Mid Century 1957 Vintage Corvette, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. White Porsche Cabriolet 911 vintage Car photographed in Palm Desert. Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Paper. Mid Century Modern Archit...
Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
$3,000Sale Price|61% Off
H 25.5 in W 37.5 in D 1.5 in
Frederick Shane Artists Sketching California 1940s Modernist Gouache
By Frederick Shane
Located in Denver, CO
A striking 1940s modernist gouache painting by Frederick Shane titled Artists Sketching (California), depicting three artists working outdoors against a sweeping mountainous landscap...
Gouache
$3,000
H 17 in W 23 in
Farm Landscape, Zoar, Ohio, American Modern, Gouache on Paper, Signed, C. 1923
By August F. Biehle
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Farm Landscape, Zoar, c. 1923 Gouache, litho crayon and graphite on paper Signed lower right 14 x 19 inches 17 x 23 inches, framed A versatile pa...
Crayon, Gouache, Graphite
$7,250
H 20.25 in W 20.25 in
Houses in Zoar, Ohio Landscape, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By August F. Biehle
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Houses in Zoar, c. 1921 Gouache, litho crayon, colored pencil and graphite on paper Signed lower right 14 x 19 inches 20.25 x 25.25 inches, framed...
Crayon, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite
$4,250
H 15.5 in W 19.25 in D 1.25 in
Edgar Britton Colorado Winter Landscape 1945 Gouache WPA Era American Modern Art
Located in Denver, CO
A serene yet atmospheric winter landscape by Edgar Britton, this 1945 gouache captures a snow-covered mountain road winding through the Colorado Rockies. Tall trees frame the composi...
Gouache, Archival Paper
$48,985
H 42.5 in W 39.25 in D 1 in
Frank Stella, Whitney Museum exhibited graphic work with Label, Signed/N, Framed
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella (Whitney Museum Exhibited) Shards IVA (Axsom 151), 1982 Lithograph & Silkscreen on Arches Cover Paper (Whitney Museum exhibition label verso of frame) 45 1/2 × 39 1/...
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Screen
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
H 45 in W 30 in
Frankenthaler, Solar Imp 2001, Lincoln Center New York City Ballet
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) Title: Solar Imp (Lincoln Center Salute’s the New York City Ballet) Year: 2001 Medium: Silkscreen poster on extra thick Somerset paper E...
Screen
$47,000
H 28.25 in W 34 in
"Boats Amongst the Mangroves, " Watercolor & Gouache on Paper signed by Doris Lee
By Doris Lee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Boats Amongst the Mangroves" is an original watercolor and gouache painting on paper by Doris Lee. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts boats and other objects on a f...
Watercolor, Gouache
$4,000
H 35.5 in W 53 in
Mid Century Porsche Cabriolet 911, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. White Porsche Cabriolet 911 vintage Car photographed in Palm Desert. Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Paper. Mid Century Modern Archit...
Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
$3,600
H 15.25 in W 33 in
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting WPA Era Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
Lower East Side, New York City Tenement shops Hand signed lower right Abram Tromka was born May 1, 1896 in Poland. At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United St...
Paper, Gouache
Solar Imp
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors on wove paper. Signed by the artist in pencil and also numbered 96/126 in pencil. Published by Lincoln Center List Poster and Print Program, New York. Second ...
Screen, Color
Bay Area Surrealist Dorr Hodgson Bothwell Gouache, 1950
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Oakland, CA
Bay Area Surrealist artist Dorr Hodgson Bothwell (1902-2000). Gouache on paper circa 1950 surrealist abstract. Bothwell attended the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA) later to be...
Paper
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H 29.25 in W 23.25 in
Floral Painting Listed WPA Woman California Artist Flower Gouache Painting
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a gouache or watercolor painting. signed and dated. it depicts poppies and some other wildflowers.. Dorr Hodgson Bothwell (May 3, 1902 – September 24, 2000) was an American artist, designer, educator, and world-traveller. She was born in San Francisco, California. She began her art career at the California School of Fine Arts in 1921, under the tutelage of Gottardo Piazzoni and Rudolph Schaeffer. Bothwell's travels began in 1928, after her father died. She spent 1928 and 1929 living and working in Samoa, then spent another two years in Europe before resettling in San Diego in 1932, where she married her childhood friend, sculptor Donal Hord. Separating from Hord, she moved to Los Angeles in 1934, joining the post-surrealist group around Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg, and participating in the mural division of the Federal Arts Project, (WPA) where she learned the art of screenprinting, which would become her favored graphic technique. She returned to San Francisco in 1942. She traveled to Paris in 1949/51, to Africa in 1966/67, to England, France and the Netherlands in 1970, to Bali, Java and Sumatra in 1974, and to China and Japan in 1982/85. In 1968, Dorr Bothwell and Marlys Mayfield wrote Notan – on the Interaction of Positive and Negative Spaces. It was first reissued in 1976, and the first Danish translation was published in 1977. In 1991 the book was republished by Dover Publications as Notan: The Dark-Light Principle of Design; it has been in print continuously since then. Bothwell taught at the San Francisco Art Institute for many years where she focused closely on theories of color. She taught as an instructor of design at the CSFA from 1944-48 and 1953-58, Parsons School Design in New York in 1952, after which she further studied in Paris. She returned to the states and taught at the SFAI from 1959-61, Mendocino Art Center from 1961-97, and Ansel Adams Photography Workshop in Yosemite National Park from 1964-78. Artists Robert Hudson...
Watercolor, Gouache