Dorothy Sturm (1910 – 1988) was an American artist and educator. She is known for her medical illustrations and her enamel work on metal.
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| Born | August 2, 1910 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Died | March 9, 1988 (aged 77) Shelby County, Tennessee |
| Alma mater | Grand Central School of Art, Art Students League of New York |
| Known for | Illustration, Enameler, Educator |
Sturm was born on August 2, 1910, in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] In 1929 she moved to New York where she studied at the Grand Central School of Art and the Art Students League of New York.[2] In New York she became interested in blood cells through her friend Dr. Florence R. Sabin. She studied biology at Columbia University and began creating medical illustrations.[3] She provided the illustrations for the 1956 textbook Morphology of Human Blood Cells by Lemuel Diggs.[1]
In 1934 Sturm returned to Tennessee where she began her career at the Memphis Academy of Art. She was a faculty member until her retirement as a professor emeritus in 1975.[4] In the early 1950s Sturm began working with enamel on metal. She fired her pieces at a high temperature, giving the surface a unique cracked surface.[1][3]
From 1934 through 1970 Sturm exhibited her work at the Betty Parsons Gallery.[5] In 1956 her work was included in the exhibition Craftsmen in Contemporary Enamels.[1] In 1959 her work was included in the exhibition entitled Enamels at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts.[5]
Sturm died on March 9, 1988, in Shelby County, Tennessee.[1] Her papers are in the Archives of American Art.[6] In 1995 Sturm was honored by the Women of Achievement organization in Memphis.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Falino, Jeannine (2011). Crafting modernism: midcentury American art and design: [exhibition Crafting modernism. Midcentury American art and design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, October 11, 2011 - January 15, 2012; Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, February 27 - May 21, 2012]. New York: Abrams. p. 314. ISBN 978-0810984806.
- ^ "Dorothy Sturm". The Enamel Arts Foundation. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Master Metalsmith Dorothy Sturm". Ganoksin. International Gem Society. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Dorothy Sturm". Tennessee Arts Commission. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ a b Garcia, Brooke (20 November 2018). "Inside the Collection: Dorothy Sturm". Metal Museum. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "A Finding Aid to the Dorothy Sturm papers, 1913-1989 |,". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Dorothy Sturm". Women of Achievement. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2023.