Jan Doubrava (1912-1972) came to the US at the age of 12 from Czechoslovakia. He was a painter and associate director of the art department at the New School for Social Research.
Discipline:
Visual Art – painting
Jan Doubrava
Discipline:
Visual Art – painting
MacDowell Fellowships: 1964, 1965, 1966
Studios
Cheney
Jan Doubrava worked in the Cheney studio.
Cheney Studio was given to MacDowell by Mrs. Benjamin P. Cheney and Mrs. Karl Kauffman. Like Barnard Studio, Cheney is a low, broadly massed bungalow. Sited on a steep westward slope, its porches are supported on wooden posts and fieldstone with lattices. Although it still retains its appealing character, the original design of the shingled building…