Harlequin

Dorothea is Professor of Art at Northern Illinois University School of Art in DeKalb, IL.  She is a nationally acclaimed artist in printing, printmaking and drawing.  She received her BFA in painting from Illinois Wesleyan University, and her MFA in painting from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

She states that she chose the Harlequin because it provides comedy, pantomime and theater.  Children create dreams and enjoy fictional and imaginary characters.

For more information about this mask or artist, email dbilder@niu.edu or visit www.NIU.edu/art/faculty/bilder2.