User:Rpotance/Dorothy Morang

Dorothy Morang (1906-1994) was a mostly self-taught American painter and pastelist and active member of the Santa Fe art colony. She was born in Bridgton, Maine on November 24, 1906. Her early formal study was in music at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and she taught piano throughout most of her life. She married artist/critic Alfred Morang June 13, 1930 and they moved to New Mexico in 1937 upon doctor's recommendation that Alfred needed a higher, drier climate. She divorced Alfred Morang in 1950, and was remarried 15 years later to John C. Emmett. She died at the age of 88 years on December 19, 1994.

Career
Morang painted abstract, easel paintings with the WPA Art Project from 1939-41. She was associated with the Transcendental Painting Group, but was not an official member. Her artwork has been exhibited in New Mexico and nationally. Notably, her work was included in an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, NY, in 1940, and presented in solo exhibitions at Paneras Gallery, New York, NY, in 1963 and 1965. She also worked ln a variety of positions at the New Mexico Museum of Art, including Curator of Fine Arts. Her work can be found in the collections of the New Mexico Museum of Art, University of New Mexico Fine Art Museum and West Texas Teacher's College Museum.