Background
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme was born on July 19, 1896 in Baltimore. Daughter of Alfred R.L. and Emmie (Blummer) Dohme.
(Catalogue Raisonne of Mary Cassatt's complete print ouvre...)
Catalogue Raisonne of Mary Cassatt's complete print ouvre; THE seminal Print reference on Cassatt by Adelyn Breeskin. Second Revised Edition, Smithsonian Institution, 1979, Hardcover: 208 pages; ISBN:0874742846
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Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme was born on July 19, 1896 in Baltimore. Daughter of Alfred R.L. and Emmie (Blummer) Dohme.
Graduate, Radcliffe College, 1918. Graduate, School Fine Arts, Crafts and Decorative Design, Boston, 1918. LD, Goucher College, Baltimore, 1958.
Doctor of Fine Arts, Washington College, 1961. Doctor of Fine Arts, Wheaton College, 1964. Doctor of Fine Arts, Hood College, 1966.
Doctor of Fine Arts, Morgan State College, 1966.
Assistant, print department, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1918-1920;
with, Baltimore Museum Art, 1930-1962;
acting director, Baltimore Museum Art, 1942-1947;
director, Baltimore Museum Art, 1947-1962;
director, Washington Gallery Modern Art, 1962-1964. Curator graphic art, lecturer United States of America and abroad. Curator 20th Century painting and sculpture National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1968-1974, senior curatorial advisor, 1981-1986, visiting lecturer Foreign Svc.
Institute, unites states department State, 1972.
(Catalogue Raisonne of Mary Cassatt's complete print ouvre...)
Member Association Art Museum Directors (secretary-treasurer 1953-1956, pres 1956-1957), International Graphic Arts Society (member American jury of selection, 1955-1965), Print Council American (secretary 1956).
Married Elias Breeskin, April 12, 1920. Children: Jean (Mistress Clayton Timbrell), Dorothy (Mistress Dorothy B. Brown), Gloria (Mistress Cornelius Peck).