Recognition of Portraitist in Her Own Right Dora Reed Hollowell

Tennessean Dora Reed Hollowell (Mrs Landon B Hollowell) at the turn of the century was an accomplished artist who as a woman did not recieve the recognition that her close cousins renowned artists William Brown Cooper and Washington Bogart Cooper did. The talented brothers were sought after by politicians and notables to memorialize their image. Dora painted closer to hearth and home capturing the essence of translucent ethereal light on blushing apple cheeks, the quiet thoughtfulness within soulful eyes, the breezy lightness of lace. Within the painting Dora lessens the constraints of more's and realism creating movement in the stylized...