biography of Margaret Fernald DOLE (1896-1970)

Birth place: Melrose, MA

Death place: Port Chester, NY?

Addresses: Providence, RI; Spuyten Duyvil, NY; Nauset Heights, Orleans, MA, 1940s; Byram, CT; Chatham, MA, 1959

Profession: Painter, lecturer, teacher

Studied: Radcliffe College; BMFA School, and with Philip Hale, Charles Woodbury, Ogunquit Sch.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1922, 1927; Paris Salon, 1934; Corcoran Gal, 1937; Argent Gal.,1940 (solo); Port. Painters Gal., NY, 1944 (solo); AAPL, 1953-54; Stamford Mus., 1954 (solo); Hudson River Mus., 1957 (prize); AAPL, 1957 (prize); Nat. Lg. Am. Pen Women, 1957 (prize), 1958 (prize); Greenwich Soc. Artists, 1957 (prize); Smithsonian Inst., 1957; Awards Gal., Eastchester, 1963 (solo); Bruce Mus., Greenwich, CT (solo); NAD; All. Artists Am.; Ogunquit AC; Providence Art Club

Member: Providence Art Club; Philadelphia Art All.; NAWA; NAC; Pen & Brush Club; Nat. Lg. Am. Pen Women (art chmn, NY branch); Guild of Greenwich Artists; AAPL (Nat. Bd.; vice-pres., Conn. Chapter); Catherine Lorillard Wolfe A. Cl. (pres.); Hudson Valley Art Assoc.; fel., Intl. Inst. Arts & Letters

Work: Riverdale (NY) School for Girls; Riverdale School for Boys.

Comments: Position: instructor, Riverdale (NY) Country School for Girls, c.1940-43.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Charles Woodbury and His Students; exh. pamphlet from Award Gal., 1963, courtesy David Scott, E. Norwalk, CT; Falk, Exh. Record Series.