Dorothy Haines Hoover

Dorothy Haines Hoover (1904–1995), was a Canadian artist.[1][2] She was born in Toronto, Ontario.[3] Hoover earned a B.A. in Modern History at the University of Toronto in 1924 and began painting in the 1930s after learning from her father.[4] She married G. L. J. Hoover in 1930.[5] Hoover worked for the Royal Ontario Museum.[3] She is known for her landscape oil paintings and still life scenes.[6]

Dorothy Haines Hoover
Born1904
Toronto, Canada
Died1995
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Known forPainter
Stylelandscape oil paintings and still life scenes

References
  1. McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing (2003). Biographical Index of Artists in Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802027900.
  2. MacDonald, Colin S. (1967–1990). A dictionary of Canadian artists ([1st ed.] ed.). Ottawa: Canadian Paperbacks. ISBN 0919554113. OCLC 1137593.
  3. "Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : HOOVER, Dorothy Haines". cwahi.concordia.ca. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  4. Small, Alastair (1994). The villas and their environment. Buck, Robert J., 1926–. Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802027900. OCLC 244767022.
  5. Hughes, Margaret E (1940). 976596420. Vol. 1. Toronto: King's Printer.
  6. Westbridge, Anthony R; Bodnar, Diana (1999–2003). The collector's dictionary of Canadian artists at auction. Westbridge, Anthony R., Bodnar, Diana, 1950–. Vancouver, B.C.: Westbridge Publications. ISBN 0968590713. OCLC 46359945.


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