Isabella Doerfler

Isabella Ruth Doerfler
Born	1883 (1883) Meriden, Connecticut, US
Died	November 15, 1954(1954-11-15) (aged 70–71)
Alma mater	Yale School of Art
Known for	Watercolors
Patron(s)	Federal Arts Project

Isabella Ruth Doerfler (1883–1954) was a Connecticut-based American artist who worked for the Federal Arts Project in the 1930s. She was “one of the best renderers of textiles in New England.”^[1] Twenty of her watercolors are held in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art.^[2]

Bandbox design by Doerfler c. 1937

Born in Meriden, Connecticut, Doerfler graduated from the Yale School of Art in 1909.^[3] A member of the Arts and Crafts Association of Meriden and the Association of Connecticut Artists, she taught school, illustrated children's books, decorated antiques, and designed for publishing houses. In 1936, Doerfler contributed to the Index of American Design. Her WPA-commissioned works were displayed in the Undercliff Sanatorium, the Soldiers' Home in Rocky Hill, the Connecticut Farm for Women, Norwich State Hospital, Connecticut State College, and West Hartford public schools. During World War II, she worked in the mechanical drawing department of a defense factory. Doerfler died on November 15, 1954, at the age of 71.^[1]

References

1. "Doerfler, Isabella Ruth (1883-1954)". ctstatelibrary.org. 2013. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
2. "Artist Info - Isabella Ruth Doerfler". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
3. Alumni directory of Yale university living graduates & non-graduates. Bulletin of Yale University ... 23d ser.,no. 1. New Haven: Yale University. 1926. p. 520. hdl:2027/uc1.b2917150. Retrieved 2021-03-05 – via HathiTrust.

External links

• Isabella Ruth Doerfler: Artist Information - National Gallery of Art