Ellen Gates D'Oench

Ellen Gates D'Oench (2 October 1930 - 22 May 2009), known as "Puffin", was Curator Emerita of the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. She was a specialist in the art of Arthur Devis on whom she completed her PhD dissertation at Yale University under the title "Arthur Devis: Master of the Georgian Conversation Piece". In 2011, an exhibition was held at the Davison Art Center titled "Collecting Photographs: Ellen G. D’Oench and the Growth of the Collection".