| 词条 | Dorothy Mayhall |
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| name = Dorothy Mayhall | image = Photo of Dorothy Mayhall (1925–1995).jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1925}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death year and age|1995|1925}} | death_place = | nationality = American | education = University of Iowa | field = Sculpture, Museum Administration | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = | spouse = | partner = }} Dorothy Mayhall (1925–1995) was an American museum director and sculptor. She worked at art museums in New York and Connecticut, primarily exhibiting contemporary art. Early yearsMayhall hailed from Oregon. She went to high school in Omaha, Nebraska, where she was an honors student and worked on the yearbook.[1][2] Her undergraduate degree was from the University of Iowa.[3] Unable to make a living from her sculpture, she went back to college and got a master's degree in art history. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and went to Paris, France. When her funds ran out, she returned to the United States and got a job at the University of Omaha. Still "stuck" in the midwest and determined to escape what she felt was a "cultural desert", she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps for two years. After the period was over, she was told that if she remained in the Corps, she could be sent to the place of her choice, anywhere in the world, so she re-enlisted and went to Japan. While there, she visited museums, learned about oriental art and met Japanese artists, calling the time a "fabulous experience".[3] CareerAll the while, her goal had been to get to New York, which she finally accomplished. She got a job at the Museum of Modern Art after working briefly at Time-Life, but saw no future for herself, so in the mid-1960s, when Larry Aldrich offered her the job of director at his new museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, she jumped at the offer. She was the first director of the "Old Hundred", as the museum was briefly called. The name was changed to the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art[4] before being changed again to its present name. Mayhall stayed at the Aldrich Museum for six years[3] before leaving to work at Storm King. She later returned to the Aldrich. Through a mutual friend, she met Ralph E. Ogden and his wife, who had built Storm King, and they became friends. Mayhall became the director of the Storm King Art Center in 1972.[5] Located in upstate New York, about an hour north of New York City, it had few galleries, but had extensive grounds suitable for displaying monumental art. Part of Mayhall's job was to organize the installation of art that weighed tons.[3][6] Mayhall had a solo exhibition of her own work at the Sachs Gallery in New York in 1972.[7] Mayhall's last job was director of art at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in Stamford, Connecticut, where she worked for 12 years. At the Stamford Museum, she had successful solo exhibits with the work of Cletus Johnson, Reuben Nakian and Nicholas Krushenick,[8] the last two, former residents of Stamford. Her last studio space was with the Loft Artists Association,[9] at the former Yale and Towne factory in the South End of Stamford.[10] LegacyThere is a folder of Mayhall's papers at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[11] A year after Mayhall's death, the Stamford Museum's "New Art Annual '96", a show and competition, gave an award in Mayhall's honor. The piece that won the award was by painter Joan Wheeler and was titled, "I Always Wanted to Be a Redhead".[12] Publications (selected list)
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Footnotes1. ^"It Always Happens – Gals Lead Guys Again" (PDF) Central High School Register, Omaha, Nebraska (February 5, 1943), p. 1. Retrieved November 7, 2011 2. ^"Lulu Gets to Heaven; O-Book Sales Top 1200" (PDF) Central High School Register, Omaha Nebraska (February 24, 1943), p. 1. Retrieved November 7, 2011 3. ^1 2 3 Judy Werley, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19741112&id=CpBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mTMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1418,2275365 "Dorothy Mayhall: Cornwall's Sculptor, Curator"] The Evening News (November 12, 1974). Retrieved November 6, 2011 4. ^"Oral history interview with Larry Aldrich, 1972 Apr. 25 – June 10" Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved November 6, 2011 5. ^Vivien Raynor, [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/24/nyregion/art-putting-it-all-together-at-the-aldrich-museum.html "Putting It All Together At the Aldrich Museum"] The New York Times (July 24, 1994). Retrieved November 6, 2011 6. ^One of the pieces in the sculpture garden at Storm King stood {{convert|50|ft|m|sp=us}} tall, another weighed 44 tons (40 metric tons). 7. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=8uYCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA21&ots=ZcFtuhYciw&dq=dorothy%20mayhall%20sculptor&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q&f=false Art listings] New York Magazine (June, 1972), p. 21. Retrieved November 7, 2011 8. ^Vivien Raynor, [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/04/nyregion/art-words-and-images-the-works-of-15-connecticut-artists.html "Words and Images, the Works of 15 Connecticut Artists"] The New York Times (June 4, 1995). Retrieved November 6, 2011 9. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19941118&id=ICBJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aAYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4759,2985047 Advertisement for studio open house] The Hour, Norwalk, Connecticut (November 1994), p. 17. Retrieved November 7, 2011 10. ^About the Loft Artists Association Loft Artists Association. Retrieved November 7, 2011 11. ^Dorothy Mayhall (Folder)" Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved November 7, 2011 12. ^William Zimmer, [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/14/nyregion/art-in-stamford-a-decorous-annual.html "In Stamford, a Decorous Annual"] The New York Times" (April 14, 1996). Retrieved November 7, 2011 13. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=dWpitwAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Dorothy+Mayhall%22&hl=en&ei=rqq3TrzXLIz5sgbb19C7Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg Highlights of the 1965–66 art season] Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield Connecticut (1966). Retrieved November 7, 2011 14. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=w5lHAQAAIAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Dorothy+Mayhall%22&dq=inauthor:%22Dorothy+Mayhall%22&hl=en&ei=rqq3TrzXLIz5sgbb19C7Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA The Minimal Tradition] Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut (1979). Retrieved November 7, 2011 References{{Reflist}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayhall, Dorothy}} 11 : American women sculptors|Directors of museums in the United States|Women museum directors|University of Iowa alumni|Fulbright Scholars|University of Nebraska Omaha alumni|Sculptors from Oregon|1925 births|1995 deaths|20th-century American sculptors|20th-century American women artists |
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