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Dahlov Ipcar (née Zorach) (1917-) is an American painter, illustrator and author. She is best known for her colorful, kaleidoscopic-styled paintings featuring animals- primarily in either farm or wild settings. She currents resides in Georgetown, Maine.


Biography

Dahlov Ipcar was born November 12, 1917 in Windsor, Vermont, the eldest of two children, to parents William and Marguerite Zorach. She was raised in Greenwich Village, New York City, and grew up surrounded by bohemian influences.[1] Born with natural artistic talent and strongly encouraged by her parents, she started painting at a very young age. When she was seventeen, Dahlov had her own retrospective show in the Museum of Modern Art.[2] She briefly attended Oberlin, eventually dropping out after only one semester due to frustrations with restrictions on her artistic expression.

Dahlov was married at the age of 17 to Adolph Ipcar, a young man who was hired to tutor Dahlov in math for her college tests.[3] Once married, Adolph and Dahlov moved to Arthurdale, West Virginia to work in a utopian new town sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt as both a math tutor and an art teacher, respectively.[3] After about a year, they decided to move into the extra farm house on Dahlov’s parent’s property in Georgetown, Maine, and start up a farm of their own.[4] They became modern day subsistence farmers: growing their own food, raising animals and their two sons, as well as selling eggs and milk on the side for extra money. Dahlov continued painting throughout her life as both of source of pleasure and income. In addition to painting, she has written four fantasy novels, written and/or illustrated numerous children's books, reproduced paintings in the form of needlepoint tapestry, and crafted three-dimensional cloth sculptures.[1] Her marriage lasted until 2003, when Adolph passed away after a brief illness.



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  1. ^ a b Ipcar, Dahlov. My Family, My Life, My Art
  2. ^ Cartwright, Steve. Artist At Work: Dahlov Ipcar at 90
  3. ^ a b Times Record obituary- Adolph Ipcar
  4. ^ Dahlov Ipcar biography page
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