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Dorothy Morang (1906 - 1994)

Sold for $400 at Sarasota Estate Auction on Apr 30, 2017.

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Dorothy Morang (1906 - 1994) "oranges and a Teapot" Oil on artist board painting by the American artist Dorothy Morang. Signed lower right and dated 1940. Signed and titled verso as well. Sight size:20 x 16 inches. n 1940, she joined the Federal Art Project* under the supervision of Vernon Hunter. To qualify, she had to pass a painting test, and she succeeded with her submission of a portrait from photographs of Archbishop Lamy. In the Project, she was transferred to help tint maps at the National Park Service, and then served as secretary to Vernon Hunter. When her work with the WPA was discontinued, she went to work for the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, first as a secretary and then in 1945 as Curator of the Art Gallery and then for many years as Curator of Fine Arts in charge of the collection.

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