Blue Velvet Dolman
Aurelia Arbo
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 39 x 30.5 cm (15 3/8 x 12 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.1380
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Aurelia Arbo · 1909–1993
Aurelia Josephine Coralie Arbo (1909–1993) was an American artist and educator renowned for her contributions to the Newcomb Pottery tradition, a cornerstone of the Arts and Crafts movement in early 20th-century Louisiana. Born on November 29, 1909, in New Orleans to piano tuner Henry Arthur Arbo and Henrietta Caroline Geier, she was one of nine children in a large family that nurtured her artisti...