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Artwork of the Week

Artwork of the Week: Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait: Minerva Teichert
Minerva Teichert (1888-1976), ‘Self-Portrait,’ ca. 1937, graphite, 10 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1937.

From the time she was a little girl, Minerva Teichert wanted to be an artist. She grew up on a ranch in Idaho and saved up to go to art school, first at the Art Institute of Chicago, and later at the Art Students League of New York. Eventually, she returned West for good, settling in Cokeville, Wyoming, with her husband Herman. When she returned from school, she painted portraits to pay back her debts. Teichert often celebrates the power of women in her art, highlighting their examples of strength, courage, and heroism. Her own self-portrait immortalizes a poise and gentle sincerity that she exhibited in her relationships.

On multiple occasions, Minerva said or wrote, “There are only two excuses for bringing a painting into being. It must be either ‘a thing of beauty’ or it must tell a wonderful story. When it does neither—cull it out.” Today we celebrate Minerva Teichert’s birthday.

Past Artworks of the Week

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Artwork of the Week: The Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam

September 25, 2023
The Gospel of John contains 7 signs or miracles, and the healing of the blind man at the Pool of Siloam is the 6th.
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Artwork of the Week: Lazy Autumn

September 18, 2023
In 1939, Dixon and his wife built a home in Mt. Carmel, Utah. Here they admired the natural landscape of the area until his death in 1946. This quintessentially Utahn scene portrays Native Americans as part of the natural landscape.
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Artwork of the Week: Sunset, Hudson River

September 11, 2023
As we anticipate the transition from the blistering of summer heat to the crispness of fall, let us celebrate a painting in which the sun itself retreats into the autumn leaves.
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