Background
Volk, Douglas was born on February 23, 1856 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard W. and Emily C. (Barlow) Volk.
Volk, Douglas was born on February 23, 1856 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard W. and Emily C. (Barlow) Volk.
Art education at Rome, Italy, and with Gerôme, 1873-1878, at Paris. Exhibited at Paris Salon, 1875-1878.
Cooper Institute, New York, 1879-1884, 1908-1912. Instructor Art Students’ League, New New York 1893-1898. Organized Minneapolis School Fine Arts, 1886-1893.
Instructor portrait class, Cooper Union, 1906-1912.
Instructor National Academy of Design, New York, 1910-1917. Medal, Chicago Exposition, 1893.
Shaw prize, Society American Artists. 1899; 1st prize, Colonial Exhibition, Boston, 1899.
Silver medal, Buffalo Exposition, 1901.
Carnegie prize, Society American Artists, 1903. Silver medals, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904. Gold medal, Carolina Art Exposition, 1907.
Proctor portrait prize.
1910; Saltus gold medal, 1911, and Maynard portrait prize, National Academy of Design. Gold medal, San Francisco Exposition, 1915.
Gold medal, National Arts Club, 1915. Beck gold medal, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1916.
Represented in Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh.
Corcoran Gallery, Washington. Pittsfield Museum; Minnesota Capitol. National Museum, Washington.
Montclair (New Jersey) Art Museum.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New New York National Arts Club; Rochester (New York) Memorial Art Gallery.
Muskegon (Michigan) Art Museum. Omaha Art Museum; Portland (Maine) Art Society.
Brooklyn Museum of Artist
War portraits of King Albert, General Pershing and Lloyd George, in National Gallery, Washington, 1921. Portrait of Lincoln in Albright Gallery, Buffalo. Portraits of General Foster and General Granger, West Point, New York, A.N.A., 1898, North.A., 1899.
Member American Federation Arts, Architectural League New York, National Society Portrait Painters, International Society des Beaux Arts et des Lettres, National Institute of Arts and Letters, Society Mural Painters.
Officer of the Order of Leopold II, 1921. Associate chairman division of pictorial publicity Committee on Public Information, 1918-1919.
Member American Federation Arts, Architectural League New York, National Society Portrait Painters, International Society des Beaux Arts et des Lettres, National Institute of Arts and Letters, Society Mural Painters. Officer of the Order of Leopold II, 1921. Associate chairman division of pictorial publicity Committee on Public Information, 1918-1919.
Married Marion B Larrahee, June 25, 1881 (deceased). Children: Leo (deceased), Wendell Doctorate., Marion (Mistress East. R. Bridge), Gerome Doctorate. Instructor.