DOROTHY COGSWELL
"KATHLEEN"
OIL ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1936
50 X 28 INCHES

Dorothy McIntosh Cogswell
1909-2008
Dorothy Cogswell was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1909.
She earned a BFA and MFA from Yale Univeristy.
Most of her professional years were spent at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. There she did commissioned murals, and from 1939-1974, was a Professor of Art History.
She retired to Bradenton, Florida. In 1974 a retrospective of her work was held at Mt. Holyoke.