Background
Dooley, Helen Bertha was born on July 27, 1907 in San Jose, California, United States. Daughter of George W. and Frances Macrae (Arwine) Dooley.
Dooley, Helen Bertha was born on July 27, 1907 in San Jose, California, United States. Daughter of George W. and Frances Macrae (Arwine) Dooley.
AB, San Jose State College, 1928. Master of Arts, Claremont Graduate School, 1939. Postgraduate, Douglas Donaldson School of Design, 1933.
Postgraduate, California School Fine Arts, 1933—1934. Postgraduate, Chouinard Art Institute, 1935. Postgraduate, University California-Berkeley, 1937—1939.
Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1948.
Teacher Scripps College, 1937-1939, San Jose State College, 1940-1955, 56. Art supervisor Kern County Schools, 1939-1948. Professor of University Pacific Stockton, 1948-1968.
Owner Dooley Gallery, Carmel, California, 1965.
One man shows include University of the Pacific, 1961, 63, 68, San Jose Art League Gallery, 1962, Artists" Guild, Carmel, 1962, Haggin Museum and Art Gallery, Stockton, 1962, Lord and Taylor Galleries, New York City, 1969, Carmel Art Association.Galleries, 1965, 71, 73, 77, 79, Art Works Gallery, Fair Oaks, California, 1978, 80, Stary-Sheets Gallery, Gualala, California, 1983, Dooley Gallery, 1990, Carmel Art Association Gallery, 1991. Exhibited in group shows at American Watercolor Society, National Academy Galleries, New York City, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Oakland Art Museum, Laguna Beach Art Festival, Los Angeles County Art Exhibition, Mission Galleries, Taos, New Mexico, West Coast Watercolor Society, San Francisco traveling shows, Royal Watercolor Society, London, Atley Gallery, Sacramento, Watercolor Gallery, Berkeley, Noroton Gallery, Darien, Connecticut, Ackley Galleries, Sacramento, 1988, The California Style(1925-1955), The New York Art Review, 1988, Belle Annex Company, Omiya City, Japan, 1987-1988.
Represented in permanent collections: Shimizu Art Museum, Japan, U. Pacific, Stockton, Monterey Peninsula Museum Art, Irving Coleman Library, University of the Pacific, Stockton. Also private collections.
Teaching fellow Scripps College.
Recipient First and Third awards Society Western Artists, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, 1951, 54, Stockton Art League, Haggin Museum, 1956, 1st and 2d awards Monterey County Fair, 1955, Grumbacher award Crocker Gallery, Sacramento, 1954, Mother Lode Art Association, Sonora, 1971, 1st Prize watercolor Lodi Art Association, Top award 6th Annual Exhibit Contemporary Religious Art, Carmel, 1967, award in comtemporary oil painting California State Fair, 1965, award Monterey Peninsula Museum Art, 1967.
Member of West Coast Watercolor Society, Carmel Art Association.