Mid 20th Century Dorothy Lawrey Vorhees Original Painting New Mexico Mountain Landscape Southwest

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This is a beautiful original painting by Dorothy Lawrey Vorhees, depicting a dramatic New Mexico/Southwestern mountain landscape. The work features … Read more This is a beautiful original painting by Dorothy Lawrey Vorhees, depicting a dramatic New Mexico/Southwestern mountain landscape. The work features warm desert tones of copper, rust, ochre, peach, and earth brown, with rugged mountain formations rising behind a winding Southwestern landscape. The expressive watercolor technique and atmospheric sky give the scene a distinctive mid-century modern Southwestern character.

The painting is signed in the lower right and is presented in an attractive vintage gold-tone frame with a textured mat.

About the Artist:
Dorothy Lawrey Vorhees was a Cleveland, Ohio native who developed an interest in art during high school, where she served as an arts editor. She went on to study art and education at The Ohio State University, where she was also a member of Delta Phi Delta, a national art honorary society.

During the 1930s, Vorhees worked as an art instructor in the Eaton Schools near Dayton, Ohio. In 1939, her work was selected for an Ohio Watercolor Society exhibition that traveled throughout the Midwest and Upper South. Her painting received newspaper coverage in connection with the exhibition's appearances in Cincinnati, Indiana, and Illinois.

Vorhees married Harold Vorhees in 1941, and his career took the couple to St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Geneva, and London. Throughout these moves, she continued to paint, exhibit, teach, and lecture on modern art. Her exhibition history included juried shows with organizations such as the Royal Institute of Watercolor Painters, Federation of British Artists, Royal Society of Woman Artists, Artists of Chelsea, Ohio Watercolor Society, St. Louis Artists Guild, New Mexico Art League, and Western Federation of Water Color Societies, among others. She was also honored with solo exhibitions in Missouri, England, and New Mexico.

The Vorhees family eventually moved to New Mexico in 1975, making the Southwestern landscape an especially meaningful part of her later artistic life.

Artwork Details
Artist: Dorothy Lawrey Vorhees
Title/Subject: New Mexico Mountain Landscape / Southwestern Landscape
Medium: Watercolor / original painted work
Style: Mid-century American / Southwestern
Signature: Signed lower right
Presentation: Vintage gold-tone frame and mat
Origin: American artist
Type: Original artwork, not a reproduction
Size (with frame): 32"W x 28"H

This is an appealing example of 20th-century American Southwestern art, particularly for collectors interested in New Mexico landscapes, watercolor, women artists, or mid-century regional painting. See less