Dorothea A. Dreier facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Dorothea A. Dreier
Portrait of Dreier by Walter Shirlaw
Born	(1870-12-08)December 8, 1870 Brooklyn, New York, US
Died	1923 (aged 52–53) Saranac, New York, U.S.
Education	Art Students League of New York
Known for	Painting

New York, The Little Church around the Corner, 1920

Dorothea Adelheid Dreier (1870–1923) was an American painter.

Biography

Dreier was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 8, 1870. Her five siblings included the painter Katherine S. Dreier, social reformer Mary Dreier, and the labor leader Margaret Dreier Robins. She studied in New York City where her teachers included John Twachtman and William Merritt Chase. She studied at the Art Students League of New York. She was a member of the Society of Independent Artists.

She died in 1923 in Saranac, New York. A posthumous retrospective of her work was held at the Brooklyn Museum in 1925.

Dreier's work is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Her papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.