Dora Curtis (1875-1920) was a British artist and a member of the 1914 expedition down the

Yenisei The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat language, Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan language, Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas language, K ...

River in

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

to the

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...

led by Polish anthropologist

Maria Antonina Czaplicka Maria Antonina Czaplicka (25 October 1884 – 27 May 1921), also referred to as Marya Antonina Czaplicka and Marie Antoinette Czaplicka, was a Polish cultural anthropologist who is best known for her ethnography of Siberian shamanism. Czaplicka ...

(1886–1921). The other expedition members were

Maud Doria Haviland Maud Doria Brindley née Haviland (10 February 1889 – 3 April 1941) was an English ornithologist, entomologist, explorer, lecturer, photographer and writer. She conducted studies on bugs and also examined bird biology while at Cambridge and on ...

(1889–1941) and

Henry Usher Hall Henry Usher Hall (1876–1944) was an American anthropologist. He was Assistant Curator and Curator of the General Ethnology Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum from 1915 to 1935. He was instrumental in guiding the Museum's African c ...

of the Philadelphia University Museum (1876–1944). Haviland dedicated her study, ''Forest Steppe and Tundra,'' "TO THE MEMORY OF DORA CURTIS AND THE DAYS AND NIGHTS WE SPENT TOGETHER IN FOREST, STEPPE AND TUNDRA".

Early Life, Education and Travels

Curtis entered University College London in 1892. She gained a second class degree in Fine Art in 1893 and a £2 prize for figure drawing. She was photographed by

Frederick H. Evans Frederick H. Evans (26 June 1853 – 24 June 1943) was an English photographer, best known for his images of architectural subjects, such as English and French cathedrals. Evans was born and died in London. He began his career as a bookseller, ...

in the 1890s
Dora Curtis
She travelled to China in 1911. Her sister Ethel Kibblewhite, was an artist and longtime partner to

T.E. Hulme Thomas Ernest Hulme (; 16 September 1883 – 28 September 1917) was an English critic and poet who, through his writings on art, literature and politics, had a notable influence upon modernism. He was an aesthetic philosopher and the 'father ...

. Together, they hosted an important salon together at 67 Frith Street in their family home. The sculptor

Jacob Epstein Sir Jacob Epstein (10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American-British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1911. He often produc ...

describes seeing Dora there in his memoirs. She died in a swimming accident in Las Palmas on 4 July 1920.

Artwork

She illustrated several books including: ''Jean Baptiste; a Story of French Canada'' (frontispiece) ''Stories from King Arthur and his Round Table'' ''Tales for Children from Many Lands''. London: J. M. Dent and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1913. ''Jackanapes: And Other Stories'' by Juliana Horatia Ewing

References

External links

*Dora Curtis' photography available a
Photo Album of Maria Czaplicka
*Dora Curtis' photography available a

British women artists 19th-century births 1920 deaths {{US-photographer-stub