Dorothea Warren O'Hara
Dorothea Warren O'Hara (August 31, 1873 – May 1972) was an American ceramic artist who won the Lifetime Membership Prize from the National Arts Club and a gold medal at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. She was president of the Keramic Society of Greater New York and president of the New York National Society of Craftsmen.
Dorothea Warren O'Hara

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- Name
- Dorothea Warren O'Hara
- Birth Name
- Dorothea Warren
- Born
- 31 August 1873
- Died
- 1 May 1972
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- artist · ceramicist
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Dorothea Warren O'Hara (August 31, 1873 – May 1972) was an American ceramic artist who won the Lifetime Membership Prize from the National Arts Club and a gold medal at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. She was president of the Keramic Society of Greater New York and president of the New York National Society of Craftsmen.
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• Name — Dorothea Warren O'Hara • Birth Name — Dorothea Warren • Born — 31 August 1873 • Died — 1 May 1972
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Dorothea Warren was born on August 31, 1873, in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1915 she won the Lifetime Membership Prize from the National Arts Club and a gold medal at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. In 1923 she published The Art of Enameling on Porcelain. She died in May 1972 in Delray Beach, Florida.
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• The Art of Enameling on Porcelain. (1912) • Dorothea Warren O'Hara Enamels, for Decorating All Kinds of China, by the Roessler and Hasslacher Chemical Company (1920)
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Her works are on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo.
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- 1.Lifetime Membership Prize. The New York Times. December 19, 1915.
- 2.The Biography & Genealogy Master Index lists her birth year as 1875 and her death year as 1963. The Social Security Death Index uses 31 August 1873 and May 1972 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art uses "Dorothea Warren O'Hara (American, 1873–1972)".
- 3.Rise of American China Painting. Art World. 1917.
- 4.Leonard, Anna B. Mrs. Dorothea Warren O'Hara. Keramic Studio. 1966.
- 5.Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dorothea Warren O'Hara (American, 1873–1972).
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