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Douglas Gorsline

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Douglas Warner Gorsline (1913 - 1985) was active/lived in New York / France.  Douglas Gorsline is known for Commercial art, book illustration, teaching, painting.

Douglas Warner Gorsline (1913-1985) was an American painter and writer who was born in Rochester, New York.  He had interest in art from childhood and took formal training at Yale School of Art* and the Art Students League* of New York.

In 1936 Gorsline married Elisabeth Perkins, and the couple had two sons.  Though he began his career in fine arts, in the 1940's Gorsline switched his emphasis to commercial art*, particularly book illustration.  Gorsline illustrated more than two dozen books over the course of his career.   In general, he specialized in historical subjects.  He wrote and illustrated two of his own books: Farm Boy (1950), a young adult novel, and What People Wore (1952), a history of costume.  

In 1947 he was elected a full academician by the National Academy of Design*.  After he and his wife divorced in 1959, Gorsline taught at the Art School of the National Academy from 1960 to 1962.  I   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3792 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  21
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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Douglas Gorsline
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Artists of the American Scene December 1994 Viso, Olga M No
21 Book References for Douglas Gorsline
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1995 Robertson, Bruce Representing America Ken Trevey Collection American Realist Prints
(Exhibition catalog)		 67 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Johnson, Deborah J Whistler to Weidenaar American Prints 1870-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 128 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1980 Neuen Gesellschaft Bild. Kunst Amerika Traum und Depression 1920-1940
(Exhibition catalog)		 544 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 University of Minnesota The American Scene Urban & Rural Regionalists, 30s and 40s
(Exhibition catalog)		 39 No
1975 Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman Print Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries 246 No
1968 Kent, Norman (editor) Drawings by American Artists 127 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1949 Reese, Albert American Prize Prints of the 20th Century 257 No
1946 Gruskin, Alan D Painting in the U S A 223 Yes
1945 Crane, Aimee Portrait of America 204 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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