| 42. Eda Sterchi (American, b.1885), "Indian Ceremony, Taos", c.1919; oil/canvas, 20" x 26", signed and dated, nicely framed. Sterchi was
born in Olney, a small town in south central Illinois. She left for Chicago in 1908 to attend the Art Institute. Soon afterward, she traveled to Paris
to study. She met with early success, exhibiting in 1913 at the American Artists Club and the International Artists Union (both in Paris). She
also exhibited at the Salon d' Automne, American Womens Club and the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts (all in Paris). In the United States,
she exhibited annually at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1915-1920, and had a one man show there in 1929. She also exhibited at the
Chicago Artist Guild, Corcoran Gallery (1928), Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and at the Arden Studios in New York. Sterchi spent several years
in Tunis, and exhibited there as well. Her work was so well received, Mohamed Habib Pacha-Bey awarded her the "Order du Nichan If tikar",
a recognition for her excellence in paintingan honor rarely given to a woman. Sterchi visited Taos, New Mexico in the 1910s, and
began exhibiting southwest subject matter at the Art Institute of Chicago by the late 1910s. The modern, European influence on her painting
style brought an interesting, original look to traditional southwest subjects. Sterchi had begun living in Arizona permanently by 1930. 8000-10,000 |
