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

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

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]

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

References

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  1. 1 2 "Dufner, Edward". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. October 31, 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00054965. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 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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