Dorothy Ochtman (March 8, 1892 - April 26, 1971) was an American painter. Daughter of the

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-born painter

Leonard Ochtman Leonard Ochtman (October 21, 1854 – October 27, 1934) was a Dutch-American Impressionist painter who specialized in landscapes. He was a founding member of the Cos Cob Art Colony and the Greenwich Society of Artists. Biography and care ...

and his wife, Mina, Ochtman was born in Riverside,

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, and probably had her earliest instruction from her parents. She received a degree from

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in 1914, and performed her graduate studies at

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; she also attended the school of the

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from 1916 until 1919. A

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allowed her to study in

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at the École Americaine des Beaux-Arts, and from 1927 to 1928 she was at the Académie Despujols. She showed in many annual exhibitions at the National Academy, beginning in 1918 and ending in 1950; she won prizes in 1921 and 1924, becoming an associate member in 1929, and becoming a full member in the year of her death. She also showed three times at the

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, and her work was included in many other exhibits throughout her career. She married an electrical engineer, William A. DelMar, in 1945. In later years she lived in

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, where she died. Stylistically, Ochtman worked in a

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style. Her work consisted largely of flower pieces,

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s, and portraits. She was represented by the Grand Central Art Galleries for much of her career. Her work is in the collections of the

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and the National Academy of Design, among others. The Academy collection also contains a portrait of her by

Ivan Olinsky Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky (1 January 1878 – 11 February 1962) was a Russian-born American painter and art instructor. Biography Olinsky was born in Yelisavetgrad , Russian Empire (now Kirovohrad, Ukraine). After immigrating to the United St ...

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