Dorothy Morlan (May 25, 1882 – October 25, 1967) was an American

Impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

artist from Salem, Ohio.

Biography

Dorothy Morlan's father was an amateur painter, and taught Morlan how to paint at an early age. Morlan moved to Irvington, a suburb of

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, Indiana at a young age, and that is where the majority of her career as an artist took place. Morlan studied at the Herron School of Art and Design and was a known participant in the Indianapolis City Hospital Project.

Career

Dorothy Morlan began her career as a student at the

John Herron Art Institute Herron School of Art and Design, officially IU Herron School of Art and Design, is a public art school at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is a professional art school and has been accredite ...

, where she began studying composition in 1905. She studied under

J. Ottis Adams John Ottis Adams (July 8, 1851 – January 28, 1927) was an American Impressionism, American impressionist Painting, painter and art educator who is best known as a member of the Hoosier Group of Indiana landscape painters, along with William For ...

, and William Forsyth, and began to study landscape painting while at Herron. After studying at Herron, Morlan studied at the Robert Henri School of Art in New York and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, under Daniel Garber. Shortly after her return to Indianapolis, she began the Indianapolis City Hospital Project under the direction of William Forsyth. Morlan was a confirmed participant in the project, although her murals did not survive multiple hospital renovations. Morlan was also a member of the

Irvington Group The Irvington Group was a group of artists residing in Irvington, a suburb on the east side of Indianapolis, Indiana, during the 1920s and 1930s. This group of artists included some of the most well-known Hoosier artists, such as William Forsyth ...

, a group of artists that lived and taught in the Indianapolis suburb of Irvington. Morlan suffered a stroke in the late 1940s which paralyzed her right side, ending her painting career; she remained an invalid until her death. She died in Indianapolis.

References

American Impressionist painters American landscape painters 19th-century American painters Hoosier Group landscape painters Irvington Group landscape painters Painters from Ohio 20th-century American painters American women painters 19th-century American women artists 20th-century American women artists Artists from Indianapolis Painters from Indiana 1882 births 1967 deaths Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni Herron School of Art and Design alumni American muralists Women muralists {{US-painter-1880s-stub