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Myrtle Lillian Stedman (1908-2007) 1931 Houston Texas Watercolor of Southern woman of color Feeding chickens. This is a really great watercolor from 1931 when she was living in Houston Texas and attending the Houston Museum of Fine Arts School. I personally find it extremely refreshing to find a picture from this era depicting a woman of color just "doing her thing" in a non derogatory fashion. 9.25" x 11.5" sight in a 15.5" x 18" frame. No issues with painting or frame. It's behind museum glass. It came with a note that I seem to have lost but it was just a pre-internet explanation of the importance of the artist with notes of when it was reframed behind museum glass. Myrle is more famous for her New Mexico landscapes, I personally find this one very interesting and refreshing. Myrtle Stedman was known as an “Artist in Adobe,” designing, building, and remodeling adobe homes under a contractor’s license. She was also a well-know artist whose academic training started in 1927 when she was a student in the Houston Museum of Fine Arts school. Myrtle Stedman - Santa Fe Living Treasures http://sflivingtreasures.org/index.php/treasures/131-stedman-myrtle-.html Myrtle Stedman A painter, a poet, and a writer, Myrtle Stedman is best known for the work in adobe restoration and design she began shortly after arriving in Tesuque in 1934, with her artist husband, Wilfred Stedman. Myrtle Lillian Stedman Myrtle Lillian Stedman, American artist. Recipient Visual and Literature Arts award New Mexico Arts Commission, Mayor's award City of Santa Fe, 1994, Old Santa Fe Association award, 1993, Watercolor awards Houston Fine Arts Museum, 1933, New Mexico Governor's award for Excellence in the Arts Art/Architecture, 1997; named Living Treasure Santa Fe Networks, 1985. Background Stedman, Myrtle Lillian was born on February 5, 1908 in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Edward Bullard and Myrtie (Harrell) Kelly. Education Student, Museum Fine Arts, Houston, 1934. Student, Art Student's League, New York City, 1980. Career Fine artist, illustrator Stedman Studio, Houston, 1927—1934. Designer, builder Tesuque Home Builder, 1952-1987. Achievements Myrtle Lillian Stedman has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.
