In 1925, seeking a warmer climate for his daughter’s health, Mark Dixon Dodd moved from New York City to St. Petersburg, Florida. He soon became a prominent member of…
Meet The Artists
William Staples Drown, St. Augustine
William Staples Drown, from Providence, Rhode Island, was primarily a mural and landscape painter, known for his scenes of streets, farms, orchards, lakes, coastal views, and country cottages. Drown’s…
Frank Duhme, St. Petersburg
Frank Duhme’s years as a park warden out on gulfcoast beaches, with constant exposure to sea and sky, resulted in his painting of many masterful Florida scenes. Eve Alsman…
Earwood, Margaret Ogden —Belle Glade
Margaret Ogden Earwood, Belle Glades. Everglades Cranes, 1944, oil on canvas, 24 by 30 inches. Exhibited, Pepsi Cola Painting of the Year. Margaret Earwood taught art at Pahokee High…
Don J. Emery, Daytona Beach
Don J. Emery was father to the art tradition in Daytona Beach. Born and raised in Chelsea, Vermont, Emery attended the Holderness school at Plymouth, New Hampshire, and graduated from…
Don Woodruff Emery, Daytona Beach
Don Woodruff Emery carried on the artistic tradition brought to Daytona Beach by his father in 1922. *Emery was born in Daytona in 1925, educated at South Ridgewood Elementary…
Daisy Erb, Palm Beach
Daisy Erb came to Palm Beach about the same time Ben Austrian arrived at the Royal Poinciana Hotel in 1910. She purchased the Enoch Root estate on Root Trail…
Harold Etter, St. Augustine
Harold Etter spent seventeen years in St. Augustine as a popular artist and art teacher working with the St. Augustine Arts Club (later the St. Augustine Art Association). From…
Denman Fink, Miami, Coral Gables
Denman Fink made important contributions to art development in Florida. An illustrator and muralist, Fink was head of the art department at the University of Miami for twenty-five years.…
Ulrich Fisher, Palm Beach, Daytona Beach, Ft. Lauderdale
Ulrich Fisher (name changed from Fischer to Fisher while living in Daytona Beach) was a marine painter and the husband of artist Irmgard Fisher. In 1937 the Fischer’s opened Fischer Studios, in…
Harry Fluhart, DeLand
Harry Fluhart was chairman of the art department at Stetson University in DeLand from 1914 to 1935. He also taught at Rollins College, 1921-1924; becoming well known for his…
Mulford Bateman Foster, Orlando
Mulford Bateman Foster was an artist, horticulturist, landscape architect and naturalist, who moved to Orlando in the early 1920’s to open the Tropical Arts Nursery. Foster became an internationally…