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Birth
1868 (Delavan, Wisconsin)
Death
1957 (Chicago, Illinois)
Lived/Active
Indiana/Illinois
Often Known For
dune landscape painting, florals
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Frank Virgil Dudley was known as the "Painter of the Dunes," because of his fascination with the Indiana dunes on Lake Michigan, beginning with his first visit in 1911 to the area when he was hiking with the Prairie Club of Chicago. This organization was one of the "contemporary manifestations of a burgeoning spirit of regional identity that championed local cultural expression and the appreciation and preservation of the local landscape." (Greenhouse, 96)
In 1916, Dudley decided t (showing 500 of 3913 characters). |
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