biography of Dorothy Milne RISING (1895-1992)

Birth place: Tacoma, WA

Death place: Mukilteo, WA

Addresses: Seattle, WA

Profession: Painter, instructor, teacher, writer, craftsperson, lecturer

Studied: Pratt Inst. (dipoma, 1916); Cleveland Sch. Art with Henry Keller, 1920; Univ. Washington (B.F.A., 1932; M.F.A., 1933); R. Ensign.

Exhibited: Massillon Mus. Art, 1945; Lg. Am. Pen Women, 1946 (prize); Northwest WCS, 1940-46; Women Painters of Wash., 1941-46; Pacific Northwest Ann. Exh., Spokane, WA, 1945, 1946; Studio Gal., 1944, 1945 (solo), 1946; SAM, 1946 (solo); Ferry Mus. Art, Seattle, 1946 (solo); Tacoma, 1945 (solo); Pacific Coast Artists & Sculptors Assn., 1932 (prize), 1933 (prize); Western Wash. Fair, Puyallup, 1933-38 (prizes); Spokane Womens Club, 1949 (purchase prize); Henry Gal., 1950 (Music & Art Foundation First Prize); Nat. Lg. Am. Pen Women, Smithsonian, 1955 (best watercolor in show); Northwest Ann., 1969 & Northwest WCS, Art Mus. Pavilion, 1969; West Coast Exh., 1969 & Puget Sound Area Exh., Frye Art Mus., 1971; Erb Mem. Art Gal., Eugene, OR, 1972.

Member: Royal Soc. Art, London (fellow); Nat. Lg. Am. Pen Women (pres., Seattle branch, 1970-72); Women Painters Wash. (pres., 1949); Northwest WCS (co-founder); Artists Equity Assn.; AAPL; Northwest PM

Work: SAM; Frye Art Mus., Seattle; Pac. Nat. Bank Wash., Tacoma; Three Grumbacher Coll.; Lakeside Sch.; Cheney Cowles Mus., Spokane

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Publications: auth./illustr., Contemporary versus Academic Art," Town Crier, 1934; auth., "The Silver Bible," Christian Science Monitor, 1964; auth./illustr., "Vanished Landmarks," 1971, "Preserving Our Open Spaces," 1971 &"Great Snow Mountain," 1972, "Age of Achievement." Teaching: Broadway Evening Sch., Seattle; Univ. Puget Sound, 1916-17; Western Wash. College, 1917-19; Seattle High Schools, 1933-66.

Sources: WW73; "Around the World through an Artist's Eyes," Pen Woman, 1967; Edna Daw, "A Word about Dorothy Rising, Age of Achievement (1971); additional info courtesy Martin-Zambito Fine Arts, Seattle, WA."

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