Dorothy Block
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Dorothy Block (1904 - 1984) was an American painter. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She studied and taught at the Art Students League in New York. She worked as part of the Federal Arts Project. Her collected papers are stored in the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art [1].
Her husband was Robert Dublirer. Her sister was artist Lillian MacKendrick.
Block was also a Federal Art Project-WPA artist, teaching students. She was a life long friend of fellow artists Aristodemos Kaldis and Jacob Lawrence.