William de Leftwich Dodge
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WilliamdDe Leftwich Dodge (1867- 1935 ) was an American artist.
Dodge was born at Liberty, Va., who studied in Paris and Munich and entered first place in the examination for the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Mr. Dodge's work as a mural painter was represented in New York by his decorations of the Empire Theatre, of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and of other theatres and hotels. Among his principal works were the decorations of the Café de I'Opéra, Paris, the Folies Bergère, murals for the Panama Pacific International Exposition, for the Flag Room at the capital at Albany, mosaics for the Hall of Records, New York, "Signing of the Peace," at Versailles, "Taking of the Fort de Vaux", and murals for the Library of Congress building at Washington, D.C..
He also painted murals in the interior of the City Hall building in Buffalo, New York. Two larger ones in the main entrance hall and four additional ones in hallways.
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- Biography with photograph at Smithsonian American Art site
- Dodge paintings at the Library of Congress]
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