Dixie Art Colony Foundation

Wolfe Paintings Added to the Collection

Karl Wolfe Watercolor Landscapes Added to the Collection: Two large southern landscapes by colony artist Karl Ferdinand Wolfe have been added to the Dixie Art Colony collection.  Wolfe was proficient in both watercolors and oils. He became best known for his oil portraits. By his own estimation, Wolfe painted more than 800

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Wetumpka, Alabama

Kelly Fitzpatrick Paint Pallet Donated

We are excited to announce a recent gift by the family of Dixie Art Colony artist Louise Smith Everton. According to Louise Everton's son Angus Everton, prior to his mother's death in 1995, she gave him the oil paint palette last used by artist John Kelly Fitzpatrick. Louise told Angus it had belonged to Fitzpatrick

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Dixie Art Colony Foundation

JKF Sketch Added to the Collection

1939 Fitzpatrick World's Fair Sketch Discovered: An original Fitzpatrick sketch, executed on one of the Dixie Art Colony excursions to nearby Beeline Pottery has been added to the DAC Foundation Collection. The sketch is numbered 154 and noted by Fitzpatrick as a study sketch for an oil painting he was to produce

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Dixie Art Colony Foundation

Goldthwaite Added to the Collection

Original 1913 Etching Added to the Collection:  An original drypoint etching titled "Cock Fight" by Montgomery, AL native Anne Goldthwaite has been added to the Permanent Collection. Goldthwaite attended the Dixie Art Colony on several occasions as a guest instructor. She became a well-known painter and printmaker.  In 1913, Goldthwaite's oil painting,

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