  dulah marie evans, later dulah marie evans krehbiel (17 february 1875&ndash;â24 july 1951) was an american painter, photographer, printmaker, illustrator, and etcher. evans received commissions from the armour food company and santa fe railroad to santa fe, new mexico, to photograph native american subjects in their daily routine and performing ritualistic dances. ==early life== on february 17, 1875, dulah marie llan evans was born in oskaloosa, iowa. here parents were builder and architect david evans (1825-1897) and marie ogg evans (1845-1897). she had an older brother and sister, and a younger sibling. her mother immigrated to the united states from switzerland. her sister was mayetta evans, a playwright and art dealer in chicago.dulah evans krehbiel. illinois women artist project. retrieved may 1, 2014. ==education== evans attended william penn university and in 1896 began her studies at the art institute of chicago, where she studied under john vanderpoel and frederick richardson and subsequently graduated. while a student at the art institute, dulah spent her summers in saugatuck, michigan, studying under john christen johansen and other prominent artists. she completed her postgraduate work at the art students league in new york, where she won many first place awards in illustration classes under the instruction of walter appleton clark. she also studied under charles hawthorne in provincetown, massachusetts, and at the new york school of art under william merritt chase in american impressionism. ==early career== this was the 'golden age of illustration' (1865â1917) and dulah was part of it. she held a place in the prestigious tree studio building in chicago from 1903 through 1905 along with 
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