Helen Dryden

Helen Dryden was an American artist & industrial designer. The New York Times reported she was the highest paid woman artist of her time in the United States.

Dryden worked for Studebaker from 1935 to 1938, reportedly earning $100,000 per year. Automotive designer Raymond Loewy contracted with her to help him design Studebaker interiors. Her work on the interior of the 1936 Studebaker Dictator and President that established Helen Dryden as an important twentieth-century industrial designer. The advertisements by the automaker proclaimed, "It's styled by Helen Dryden." Dryden designed the Studebaker President throughout, and the press marveled that a woman had attained this eminence in mechanical engineering. She was considered "one of the top industrial designers and one of the few women in the automotive field." Dryden worked with Loewy through 1940.

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Helen Dryden was an American artist & industrial designer. The New York Times reported she was the highest paid woman artist of her time in the United States.

Dryden worked for Studebaker from 1935 to 1938, reportedly earning $100,000 per year. Automotive designer Raymond Loewy contracted with her to help him design Studebaker interiors. Her work on the interior of the 1936 Studebaker Dictator and President that established Helen Dryden as an important twentieth-century industrial designer. The advertisements by the automaker proclaimed, "It's styled by Helen Dryden." Dryden designed the Studebaker President throughout, and the press marveled that a woman had attained this eminence in mechanical engineering. She was considered "one of the top industrial designers and one of the few women in the automotive field." Dryden worked with Loewy through 1940.

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