Dorothea Margaret (Tanning) Ernst (1910 - 2012)

Born 25 Aug 1910 in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States

Wife of Maximilian Maria Ernst — married 24 Oct 1946 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 31 Jan 2012 at age 101 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Dorothea (Tanning) Ernst is Notable.

Dorothea (Tanning) Ernst was a centenarian, living to age 101.

Painter, sculptor, novelist, and poet.

Dorothea was born in Galesburg, Illinois on 25 August 1910 to Andrew P Tanning and Amanda M. Hanson. She married artist Max Ernst in Los Angeles, California during 1946. The couple later moved to France. After her husband's death in 1976, she moved to New York, where she lived until she died in 2012. Her cremains were interred in Paris.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ4P-RKW : accessed 19 March 2020), Dorothea M Tanning in household of Andrew P Tanning, Galesburg Ward 6, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 5A, line 31, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 380; FHL microfilm 1,820,380.
• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24LN-Q69 : 12 March 2018), Dorothea Tanning, 1939; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KZ-CDV : 8 December 2017), Maximillian Maria Ernst and Dorothea Margaret Tanning, 24 Oct 1946; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,632.
• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HD9-RZW : 15 March 2018), Dorothea Ernst, 1956; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM8Y-5RH : 20 May 2014), Dorothea T Ernst, 31 Jan 2012; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See Also:

• Wikipedia: Dorothea Tanning
• Cultural Impact and Bio.: https://www.dorotheatanning.org The Dorothea Tanning Foundation
• Cultural Impact and Bio.: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dorothea-tanning-2024 Tate.org
• Newspaper: "Surrealist Exhibition at Crosby Gallery." in The Evening Star. Washington, D. C., 1 April 1945. pp. C-6. Chronicling America, Library of Congress.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #84351673
• Wikidata: Item Q234324, en:Wikipedia