1. Dorothy Adlow was a nationally known art critic and lecturer from Boston.
12 Facts About Dorothy Adlow
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Dorothy Adlow was born in Boston on June 7,1901, to Jewish immigrant parents.
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Dorothy Adlow's mother, Bessie Adlow, was born in Dauge, Lithuania.
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Dorothy Adlow appeared frequently on television programs produced by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and taught at the Katharine Gibbs School.
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Dorothy Adlow was Boston's leading art critic during the 1940s, when the city's art scene changed dramatically.
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Dorothy Adlow regularly attended exhibitions at the Museum School and discussed the students' work with Karl Zerbe.
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In 1931, at the age of 30, Dorothy Adlow married composer-conductor Nicolas Slonimsky.
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Dorothy Adlow kept her maiden name and continued working, providing a small, but steady income for the household while her husband's fortunes fluctuated.
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Dorothy Adlow corresponded frequently with her husband, who traveled a great deal.
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Dorothy Adlow carefully saved his letters, but her letters to him have been lost.
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Dorothy Adlow's daughter published a posthumous collection of Slonimsky's letters titled Dear Dorothy: Letters from Nicolas Slonimsky to Dorothy Adlow.
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Dorothy Adlow died of a heart attack on January 11,1964, at her home on Beacon Street in Boston, aged 62.