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Edward Dufner

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Edward Dufner
Born(1871-10-05)October 5, 1871
DiedOctober 1, 1957(1957-10-01) (aged 85)
Resting placeBeaufort, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Painter, art teacher
Spouses
Annie L. Collins
(m. 1898; died 1931)
Ilka Howells Renwick
(m. 1933; died 1942)
  • Fern Bradley

Edward Dufner (October 5, 1871 – October 1, 1957) was an American painter and art teacher.

Life

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Dufner was born on October 5, 1871 in Buffalo, New York.[1][2][a] He attended the Art Students League of New York, the Académie Julian, and the Académie Carmen.[4]

Dufner taught at the Art Students League of Buffalo and New York, the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and the Traphagen School of Fashion.[2] He became an Impressionist painter, and he won the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts's Walter Lippincott Prize in 1924.[4]

Dufner married Annie L. Collins on April 23, 1898.[5][6] She died in 1931, and he remarried to the painter Ilka Howells Renwick on October 19, 1933.[1][7] She died on January 2, 1942, and he married a third time to Fern Bradley.[2][8]

He died at his home in Short Hills, New Jersey on October 1, 1957, and was buried in Beaufort, South Carolina.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Some sources give a birth year of 1872.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dufner, Edward". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. October 31, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Edward Dufner". The Item of Milburn and Short Hills. October 3, 1957. p. 4. Retrieved July 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Special Exhibition Catalogue. City Art Museum of St. Louis. 1913. p. 20. Retrieved July 21, 2025 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b Lowrey, Carol (2007). A Legacy of Art: Paintings and Sculptures by Artist Life Members of the National Arts Club. Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780615154992. OCLC 494537109.
  5. ^ Mohr, William F., ed. (1914). Who's Who in New York (Sixth ed.). Who's Who in New York City and State, Inc. p. 218. Retrieved July 21, 2025 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Latest Weddings and Engagements". Buffalo Courier. April 24, 1898. p. 20. Retrieved July 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Married Yesterday". The Item of Milburn and Short Hills. October 20, 1933. p. 5. Retrieved July 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Mrs. Ilka Dufner". Brooklyn Eagle. January 2, 1942. p. 13. Retrieved July 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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