Dora Curtis

Left to right, Maud Haviland, Vasily Korobeinikov, Henry Hall, Dora Curtis in 1914

Dora Curtis (1875–1920) was a British artist and a member of the 1914 expedition down the Yenisei River in Siberia to the Kara Sea led by Polish anthropologist Maria Antonina Czaplicka (1886–1921). The other expedition members were Maud Doria Haviland (1889–1941) and Henry Usher Hall of the Philadelphia University Museum (1876–1944).

Haviland dedicated her study, Forest Steppe and Tundra, "TO THE MEMORY OF DORA CURTIS AND THE DAYS AND NIGHTS WE SPENT TOGETHER IN FOREST, STEPPE AND TUNDRA".[1]

Early life, education and travels

Curtis entered University College London in 1892. She gained a second class degree in Fine Art in 1893 and a £2 prize for figure drawing.[2] She was photographed by Frederick H. Evans in the 1890s.[3] Dora Curtis

She travelled to China in 1911.[4]

Her sister Ethel Kibblewhite, was an artist and longtime partner to T.E. Hulme. Together, they hosted an important salon together at 67 Frith Street in their family home. The sculptor Jacob Epstein describes seeing Dora there in his memoirs.[5]

She died in a swimming accident in Las Palmas on 4 July 1920.[6][7]

Artwork

She illustrated several books including:

Jean Baptiste; a Story of French Canada (frontispiece)[8]

Stories from King Arthur and his Round Table[9]

Tales for Children from Many Lands. London: J. M. Dent and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1913.

Jackanapes: And Other Stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing[10]

References

  1. ^ Haviland, Maud D. (1926). Forest Steppe and Tundra.
  2. ^ University College, London Calendar. 1895. pp. l, 363.
  3. ^ Lyden, Anne M. The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans. p. 148.
  4. ^ "Hunting the Tungu". Evening Telegraph. 12 May 1914. p. 4.
  5. ^ Let There be Sculpture. 1940.
  6. ^ The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England). 19 July 1920. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ El Progreso: diario republicano: Año XV Número 4583 - 1920 julio 7.
  8. ^ Le Rossignol, James Edward (1915). Jean Baptiste: a story of French Canada. JM Dent. ISBN 9780802075253.
  9. ^ Howey, Ann F. (2006). A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana (1500-2000). Boydell & Brewer. pp. 74, 261. ISBN 9781843840688.
  10. ^ Ewing, Juliana Horatia (1899). Jackanapes.
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