Dorathy Farr (1910 - August 21, 1989) was an American artist. Farr was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1910. She attended The New School. Farr and her husband, Fred Farr (1914-1973), painted 24 murals at the

Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building (formerly the Social Security Administration Building) is a historic building at 330 Independence Avenue, Southwest, Washington, D.C. History The building was designed by Charles Zeller Klauder and the Office of t ...

in Washington, D.C. as part of the Works Progress Administration.

Notable collections

*24 murals at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, 1942, casein and oil on linoleum,

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

, Washington, D.C.

References

1910 births 1989 deaths 20th-century American women painters Works Progress Administration workers The New School alumni Painters from St. Louis 20th-century American painters Federal Art Project artists {{US-painter-1910s-stub