Dorfman, David

We haven’t located much reliable information about this artist. His watercolors were exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum’s Tercentenniel in 1936. Along with NDG artist Marion Rites, he illustrated a 1941 WPA reading book entitled Tales of Old New York. Dorfman has 6 works listed at the National Gallery of Art’s Index of American Design.



Works in the New Deal Collection at GVCA by David Dorfman:

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Railroad Tracks
Railroad Tracks

Dorfman has painted what appears to be a commercial train track, heading away from the viewer of the painting towards a wooded area. A shadow cuts across from the right side of the painting, along with an informal path over the tracks. At first glance, you might feel like there are lines everywhere between the passenger bridge, the rusted steel bridge in front, the train tracks, and the telephone poles in the background. There aren't any vibrant colors; the color brown dominates the composition.

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