Donald "Don" Droll

Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives

Courtesy of Western Regional Archives

FOCUS

General Studies

ROLE

Student

ATTENDANCE

1948 - 1949

BIRTH

1927-05-12

Chicago, IL

DEATH

1985-11-17

Greensboro, NC

Donald Droll was a student in 1948-1949. While a student he participated in The Good and Obedient Young Man and took Weaving, Textile Design, Textile Construction, and a Weaving Tutorial course, under Anni Albers and Trude Guermonprez.

Donald Droll's obituary in the New York Times referenced him being an art patron, dealer and curator in New York City before moving to Greensboro. From 1982 until his death, he was assistant director of the Wetherspoon Art Gallery at the University of North Carolina.

Courses Taken

Summer 1948: Weaving (Albers and Guermonprez), Sculpture (Grippe).

Fall 1948-49: Weaving (Albers and Guermonprez), French (Goldowski), Chorus(Schlesinger), Dancing (Jennerjahn).

Spring 1948-49: Textile Construction II (Albers), Color (Albers), Drawing(Albers), Chorus (Schlesinger), Weaving Tutorial (Guermonprez)

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