Manierre Dawson
Manierre Dawson (December 22, 1887- August 15, 1969) was an abstract American painter and sculptor. Personal life Dawson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, but lived most of his life in Michigan. He was the second of four sons born to George E. Dawson and Eva (Manierre) Dawson who, despite supporting art as an avocation, preferred "professional" careers for their sons. His younger brother, Mitchell Dawson, was an attorney and poet. Early career After completing high school, Manierre enrolled in the civil engineering program at the Armour Institute of Technology. When he completed his four-year degree in 1909, his civil engineering curriculum had made a lasting impact on his creative vision. Mechanical drawing methods and descriptive geometry courses led him to paint in a geometric style by the end of 1908. His analytic geometry and differential calculus courses contributed directly to his first series of abstract paintings in the spring of 1910. (Ploog, Bairstow and B ...
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