Étude pour Cousins
Dorothea Tanning
1910
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August 25th, Galesburg, Illinois. Second daughter of Andrew and Amanda Tanning.
Amanda and Andrew Tanning
Dorothea Tanning with her mother, Amanda Tanning
Dorothea Tanning
"The Waiter Smiles..."
Untitled (Portrait of Girl)
1926
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Education in Galesburg public schools. Graduation 1926 from high school (the building burned down in 1965). Two grades had been “skipped” thus creating a lifelong weakness in arithmetic.
Dorothea Tanning in her studio, Galesburg, Illinois
Dorothea Tanning, Galesburg High School Yearbook, Senior Year
1927
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Employment at The Galesburg Public Library (the building, with its 200,000 volumes, burned to the ground in 1958).
1928
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Matriculation at Knox College in Galesburg, a liberal arts school, ergo, no applied art courses. Dorothea draws and paints in spare time. Illustrations for school publications.
Dorothea Tanning
Cover for The Siwasher, March 27, 1929
Cover for The Siwasher, April 27, 1929