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Dorothy Pema (8 February 1928 - 8 July 2018) was a modern artist based in New York City. She worked with oils and watercolor in her early career and mixed media, fabric, and metal on canvas in her later years.

Early years
The daughter of an Albanian restaurateur, Pema was born in Atlantic City, NJ. The family moved to Greensboro, North Carolina to pursue business opportunities, then returned to the Mid-Atlantic and settled in Darby, PA. Educated at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Pema's critcal acclaim began with a water color that was part of the 2nd International Hallmark Art Awards Exhibition , under the name Dorothy Pema Wiley. This traveling exhibition visited the Wildenstein Gallery, the Carnegie Institute, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Institute of Contemporary Art, among others, from 1952-1953.

Professional Life
After early successes in painting Pema Browne explored facets of modern art with mixed media including fabric and metal on canvas. She is named in the CLARA database of Women Artists.

Literary Agent
In the late 1970s, Dorothy Pema, with her second husband Perry J. Browne, became a Literary Agent with a specialty in representing authors of Children's literature and illustrators of Children's books.

Works Viewable Online

 * Christmas Carols