Catharine Critcher
1868 – 1964
BORN IN
Westmoreland County, Virginia
KNOWN FOR
Indian figure, portrait and genre painting, teaching
NAME VARIATIONS
Catherine (Critcher) Carter
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.
