Catharine Carter Critcher
| Catharine Carter Critcher | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 13, 1868 Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| Died | June 11, 1964 (aged 95) Blackstone, Virginia |
| Resting place | Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Richard E. Miller |
| Alma mater | Cooper Union Corcoran School of Art Académie Julian |
| Known for | Portrait painting |
| Elected | Taos Society of Artists |
Catharine (sometimes Catherine) Carter Critcher (September 13, 1868 – June 11, 1964) was an American painter. A native of Westmoreland County, Virginia, she worked in Paris and Washington, D.C. before becoming, in 1924, a member of the Taos Society of Artists, the only woman ever elected to that body.
Critcher was the daughter of Judge John Critcher and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thomasia Kennon (Whiting) Critcher; she was their fourth daughter and the youngest of their five children. She grew up on the family plantation, Audley, in Oak Grove, Virginia, and showed an early interest in equestrianism and painting.
Critcher's first studies came at the Arlington Institute in Virginia. She then studied at Cooper Union in New York City for a year, with Eliphalet Frazer Andrews at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., and also with Richard Emil Miller and Charles Hoffbauer. She soon began receiving commissions, producing a number of portraits of members of prominent Virginia families. She traveled to Paris in 1904, remaining in that city for several years. Initially she enrolled at the Académie Julian, where she studied under Charles Hoffbauer and Jean-Paul Laurens; her time there was made difficult due to troubles with the French language. She founded the Cours Critcher in 1905 in an attempt to aid American artists in gaining admission to French schools, an enterprise in which she had the assistance of Miller and Hoffbauer. Mindful of her previous linguistic troubles, she designed a school where instruction was offered in English. To make extra money she acted as a tour guide for Americans visiting Europe during the summer months. Critcher exhibited at the Paris Salon during her time in the city, and served as president of the American Women Painters in Paris.
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