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
Dorr Bothwell, California Surrealist, Serigraph Titled "Ideograph"
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Phoenix, AZ
California modernist Dorr Bothwell (1902-2000) original serigraph. Signed in pencil lower right and dated 1946. Edition size is also seen in pencil lower right: 8 of 35. Pencil title...
Paper
"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
Vintage Abstract Figurative Etching -- "Embrace"
By Patricia Way
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage abstract figural "Embrace", a lithograph by Patricia Ann Way (American, 20th Century). Signed "Patricia Way" and dated "76" lower right. Slight crease to lower center and s...
Paper, Ink, Etching
Teal Lace Collotype Lithograph
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate layered collotype on heavy bond paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of other Pearce work. No frame. I...
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
$1,200
H 12 in W 22.5 in D 0.13 in
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico w/ Cathedral and Rooftops by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 after rec...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,201
H 19.49 in W 27.96 in
Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró VII Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 71 cm Observations: Li...
Paper, Lithograph
$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
Farm Landscape, Zoar, Ohio, Early 20th Century
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
$4,250
H 15.5 in W 19.25 in D 1.25 in
Edgar Britton 1945 Gouache Painting, Colorado Snowy Mountain Winter Scene
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning 1945 winter landscape gouache painting by acclaimed American artist Edgar Britton (1901–1982) beautifully captures the serene beauty of a snow-covered mountain road lin...
Gouache, Archival Paper
Bonac I, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Larry Zox
By Larry Zox
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Larry Zox Title: Bonac I Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition: 160 Size: 42.5 x 29.5 inches
Screen
$270Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.09 in W 7.09 in D 0.4 in
Evening lights. Paper, screen printing, 18x18 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Evening lights. Paper, screen printing, 18x18 cm Evening lights is an intriguing artwork created through the screen printing technique, capturing the essence of illuminated lights d...
Paper, Screen
$1,150
H 22 in W 18 in D 0.75 in
Nick's Coffee House in the Village - Rare Edition 1970s Modern Figurative Print
By Lenore SImon
Located in Soquel, CA
This bold screen print depicts a scene from the 1950s, set in a jazz coffee house in Greenwich Village called Nick's, which Simon patronized while in high school. The original stone ...
Archival Paper, Screen
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 24.25 in W 31.25 in D 1 in
Cowboy Hunting Pronghorn Deer ("American Antelope") in Watercolor and Gouache
Located in Soquel, CA
Cowboy Hunting Pronghorn Deer ("American Antelope") in Watercolor and Gouache Detailed western scene by H. Rich (American, 20th Century). A cowboy is on a ridge, with two horses, ha...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$850
H 34.13 in W 16.13 in
A Fabulous 1950s Serigraph of Chicago's Wrigley Building by Mark Coomer
Located in Chicago, IL
You really need to bring home this wonderful serigraph for your collection! A fabulous Mid-Century, ca. 1959 serigraph of Chicago's Wrigley Building in its original (and kitchy!) fr...
Paper, Screen
Sold
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