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1868 Westmoreland County, Virginia - 1964 Blackstone, Virginia. Known for: Indian figure, portrait and genre painting, teaching.
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Catharine Critcher became the first and only woman member of the Taos Society of Artists in Taos, New Mexico, elected in 1924. She was known for her formal... Read full biography
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Catharine Critcher became the first and only woman member of the Taos Society of Artists in Taos, New Mexico, elected in 1924. She was known for her formal portrait paintings of distinguished easterners and also for portraits of New Mexico and Arizona Indians.... Read full biography
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Catharine Critcher became the first and only woman member of the Taos Society of Artists in Taos, New Mexico, elected in 1924. She was known for her formal portrait paintings of distinguished easterners and also for portraits of New Mexico and Arizona Indians. In addition, she did landscape paintings, florals and figures, and locations in addition to the Southwest included Mexico, Canada, France, and Massachusetts. Critcher was raised on her family estate... Read full biography
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Catharine Critcher became the first and only woman member of the Taos Society of Artists in Taos, New Mexico, elected in 1924. She was known for her formal portrait paintings of distinguished easterners and also for portraits of New Mexico and Arizona Indians. In addition, she did landscape paintings, florals and figures, and locations in addition to the Southwest included Mexico, Canada, France, and Massachusetts. Critcher was raised on her family estate in Audley in Westmoreland County, and was the daughter of John Critcher, a judge and U.S. Congressman, and Elizabeth Whiting Critcher. She studied at Cooper Union School of Design in New York City in 1890, and the next year at the Corcoran School of... Read full biography
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Catharine Critcher became the first and only woman member of the Taos Society of Artists in Taos, New Mexico, elected in 1924. She was known for her formal portrait paintings of distinguished easterners and also for portraits of New Mexico and Arizona Indians. In addition, she did landscape paintings, florals and figures, and locations in addition to the Southwest included Mexico, Canada, France, and Massachusetts. Critcher was raised on her family estate in Audley in Westmoreland County, and was the daughter of John Critcher, a judge and U.S. Congressman, and Elizabeth Whiting Critcher. She studied at Cooper Union School of Design in New York City in 1890, and the next year at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC. She then worked for thirteen years as a portrait artist in the DC area, follow... Read full biography
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Keywords (53)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indian Figure Prior to 1940
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Europe
- •Hopi Reservation, Arizona
- •Maritime Provinces
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
- •Virginia Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Women's Art Association of Paris
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
- •Society of Washington Artists (DC)
- •Southern States Art League
- •Taos Society of Artists
- •Washington DC Watercolor Society/Association
Art Teacher
- •Charles Hoffbauer
- •Eliphalet Andrews
- •Jean Paul Laurens
- •Richard Emil Miller
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Corcoran School of Art and Design, Student
- •Cours Critcher, Teacher
- •Critcher School of Painting, Washington DC, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Taos Art Colony
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Southern States Art League Annual
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
- •Society of Washington Artists, DC
- •Washington (DC) Watercolor Club
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts