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elizabeth davey lochrie wahooart.com/da/artists/elizabeth-davey-lochrie/
Kunstnerens levetid
1890 – 1981
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Regionalism American painters turning away from Europe to paint their own small towns and farmland.
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The Fur Traders — elizabeth davey lochrie

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Skyggelagt: elizabeth davey lochrie' livstid (1890–1981)

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    The Fur Traders — elizabeth davey lochrie

    Elizabeth Lochrie, born July 1, 1890 in Butte, Montana was the artist commissioned for the mural The Fur Traders located at the post office in the St. Anthony, Idaho. At a very early age Elizabeth’s artistic talents were evident to her mother, May Davey, an accomplished musician and teacher, and made every effort to ensure her daughter had a good education. Lochrie was also heavily influenced by her father Frank Davey, a civil engineer, who was adventurous in cultivating a personal relationship with area tribes like the Blackfeet, Lochrie would inherit both parental traits. Her formal artistic training began in 1903-1905 with Vonnie Owings, a local instructor who had studied in San Francisco and Chicago before returning to Deer Lodge, Montana to teach. Upon graduation from the Pratt Art Institute in Brooklyn, NY, in 1911, Elizabeth returned home to Montana to teach art and raise her family. Much of her early work consisted of commercial art for local publications, paintings of the never-ending mountainous terrain, and portraits of the Blackfeet tribal members she had come to revere. Although classically trained while at the Pratt Institute, returning to Montana would allow her to break away from the restraints of popular styles and develop her own style known as ’Regionalism,’ which focused on the common themes of industrial, social, and human development of the United States. In her later years she would continue to paint portraits of Native Americans and become a sought after lecturer regarding tribal histories and recognized for her philanthropic efforts in defense of them until her death in 1981.In the 1930’s, after already completing a series of murals commissioned by the State of Montana, she was invited by Department of Treasury to submit pieces of her work for inclusion in the WPA-era mural project, three of which are still on display in Idaho and Montana. The mural The Fur Traders is representative of Idaho’s first permanent American fur trading post, Ft. Henry, was established in 1810 on the Snake River near St. Anthony’s, also the site of the first annual rendezvous between traders and Indians in the region. The painting reflects one of the most important and early scenes defining relationships between Native people and those from European cultures; trade and the convergence of cultures. The main body of the painting is a scene familiar to the beginnings of the economic and social development of Idaho and Wyoming, focused on trade between the Natives American tribes in the area, most notably the Shoshone, and the mountain men or trappers.The Snake River Watershed runs east and west through parts of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Oregon, and Washington throughout the Great Basin culture area providing the nomadic Shoshone with an extensive trade network of different tribal groups and non-Indian traders. The Shoshone or “Snake” Indians were originally named for the shape of their riverine homelands and snake-like motion they made with their hand, representing the salmon in the river. Salmon, made up a large part of their diet, this hand signal distinguished individual bands they belonged to. The Shoshone have four different ways of differentiating themselves; the Agaidukas, the salmon eaters “lemhi Shoshone” of the Salmon/Snake River; the Pohgues, “People of the Sage” in the Fort Hall area and made up of Shoshone/Bannock mixed bloods; the Kogohues “Green River Shoshones” who are also mixed bloods, and the Tukadukas, or “sheep eaters,” who live in the mountains of the Teton and Yellowstone ranges. The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 extended the U.S. land base to Idaho resulting in the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804-1806 in an effort to navigating navigate the Missouri River to Oregon Territory and the Pacific Ocean. After the Lewis and Clark Expedition, other explorers like John Colter and Jedediah Smith came through the Teton and Yellowstone ranges opening the way for settlement across the mountain pass in the valleys of Fremont County, Idaho where St. Anthony is located. The European demand for beaver fur top hats expanded the fur trade to the point of animal extinction in areas like the Snake River area. The Treaty of 1818 opened British lands further into Oregon and Washington and exposed the territories for even more new economic opportunities of competing British and American interests. The Hudson Bay Company was ordered by the British crown to send out brigades of trappers known as Snake River Brigades to exhaust the animal populations and use natural boundaries, like the Rocky Mountains, to serve as a buffer to dissuade people from moving and settling into newly opened territory. By 1830s the demand for animal furs, beaver in particular, had dwindled in favor of the use of silk. In Hudson Bay Company’s drive to monopolize trade in the area they either built or bought-out other traders establishing forts all along the western end of the Oregon Trail following the Snake R../..

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    elizabeth davey lochrie

    Født i Del Norte, United States of America

    The Formative Years and Academic Roots

    The artistic journey of Elizabeth Davey Lochrie was a profound tapestry woven from threads of classical training and deep cultural immersion. Born in 1890, her evolution as a painter, sculptor, and muralist began far from the rugged landscapes that would later define her soul. Through her rigorous studies at the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York City, she was mentored by luminaries such as Winold Reiss and Victor Arnautoff, figures who instilled in her a mastery of portraiture and a keen eye for the human condition. This academic foundation, further enriched by her time at Stanford University, provided the technical discipline necessary to transition from a dedicated student to a significant voice in American art.

    Murals of the American Spirit

    During an era of profound national transformation, Lochrie found her true calling within the Federal Art Project. As part of the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, she contributed to the very fabric of American civic life through her monumental murals. Her work in Idaho—specifically in Burley and St. Anthony—stands as a testament to her ability to capture the essence of a community. In Montana, her mural News from the States, painted for the Dillon post office, serves as a vibrant historical record. These works were not merely decorations; they were windows into the daily existence and the enduring spirit of the Western frontier, rendered with a sensitivity that honored both the land and its people.

    A Sacred Bond with the Blackfeet

    Perhaps the most transformative chapter of Lochrie’s life occurred in 1932, when her artistic gaze met a deep, spiritual connection with the Blackfeet Nation. This bond was so profound that she was formally adopted by the tribe, receiving the name Netchitaki, which translates to "woman alone in her way." This identity fundamentally reshaped her creative output. Her later works became celebrated for their intimate and respectful portrayals of Native American life, capturing the dignity, traditions, and daily rhythms of the Montana and Idaho regions. Through her portraits, Lochrie did more than document a culture; she honored a way of life, ensuring that the faces and stories of the Blackfeet people were etched into the permanent history of American art.

    Museum

    Smithsonian's National Postal Museum

    Udstillet på Washington, D.C., USA

    En krønike om forbindelse: Sjælen i National Postal Museum

    Gemt i Washington D.C.'s historiske storhed ligger Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum i den magnifikke Postal Square Building, en bygning der fungerer som meget mere end blot en beholder for artefakter. Designet af de berømte arkitekter Graham og Burnham i 1914, er selve bygningen et mesterværk inden for det tidlige tyvende århundredes borgerlige arkitektur. Når man træder gennem den imponerende facade, fremkalder de svimlende lofter og de svungne trapper en æra af bestandighed og formål, som minder enhver besøgende om en tid, hvor kommunikation var en fysisk, taktil bedrift. Selve fundamentet i denne institution—engang det pulserende hjerte i byens centrale posthus—hvisker historier om en verden før den digitale tidsalder, hvor ankomsten af et brev var en skelsættende begivenhed, der bar vægten af nyheder, længsel og menneskelig forbindelse.

    At vandre gennem disse sale er at påbegynde en rejse, der rækker langt ud over den simple filateli. Selvom museet huser en af de mest omfattende frimærkesamlinger i eksistens, ville det være at overse deres dybe kunstneriske og historiske betydning, hvis man blot betragtede disse farverige, klæbrige miniaturet som rene objekter. Hvert frimærke fungerer som et lille, omhyggeligt designet vindue til en svunden tid, der indfanger de æstetiske sansninger, politiske skift og kulturelle triumfer fra fortidens nationer. For kunstelskere repræsenterer disse stykker et unikt krydsfelt mellem grafisk design og historisk fortælling, hvor hver linje og nuance blev valgt for at formidle identitet og prestige. Samlingen lever gennem sine storslåede udstillinger af transportmidler, der fremviser de mekaniske vidundere, som engang overvandt enorme afstande. Besøgende finder sig selv bergtaget af en imponerende række af vintage postvogne, omhyggeligt restaurerede jernbanevogne og de pionerende flyvemaskiner, der fødte luftpostens tidsalder.

    Disse maskiner præsenteres ikke blot som relikvier fra industrien, men som symboler på menneskelig opfindsomhed og den utrættelige stræben efter intimitet på tværs af kontinenter. Udstillingerne, der detaljeret beskriver udviklingen af jernbane- og lufttransport, illustrerer en verden i formindskelse, hvor innovation fungerede som katalysator for national og international enhed. Denne sømløse blanding af mekanisk historie og rejsens romantik skaber en fordybende atmosfære, der resonerer dybt hos dem, der værdsætter fremskridtets skønhed. For interiørdesigneren eller samleren, der søger inspiration i krydsfeltet mellem nytteværdi og elegance, tilbyder museet en mesterklasse i, hvordan funktionelle genstande kan blive ikoner for kulturarv.

    Det, der virkelig adskiller National Postal Museum, er dets dybe evne til at menneskeliggøre historiens store linjer gennem intime, personlige fortællinger. Museet mestrer balancen mellem det monumentale og det mikroskopiske, som f.eks. den rørende erhvervelse af

    John Lennons frimærkesamling fra barndommen

    . Dette enkelte, delikate arkiv tilbyder et sjældent indblik i de formative passioner hos et globalt ikon og minder os om, at selv de mest legendariske skikkelser engang var forbundet med verden gennem den simple magi i et leveret brev. Gennem tilbagevendende udstillinger, der udforsker temaer som migration, kommunikation og postkunst, inviterer museet alle, der træder ind, til at overveje, hvordan leveringsmetoder har formet vores selve begreb om fællesskab. Det er et mindernes fristed, hvor hvert artefakt tjener som et vidnesbyrd om det vedvarende menneskelige ønske om at række ud, dele og forblive forbundet på tværs af tidens og rummets uendelighed.

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    MLA
    lochrie, elizabeth davey. The Fur Traders. n.d., Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. https://wahooart.com/da/art/elizabeth-davey-lochrie-the-fur-traders-D5DDR4-en/
    APA
    lochrie, elizabeth davey (n.d.). The Fur Traders [Painting]. Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. https://wahooart.com/da/art/elizabeth-davey-lochrie-the-fur-traders-D5DDR4-en/
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    elizabeth davey lochrie. The Fur Traders. n.d. Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. https://wahooart.com/da/art/elizabeth-davey-lochrie-the-fur-traders-D5DDR4-en/
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    lochrie, elizabeth davey (n.d.) The Fur Traders. Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. Available at: https://wahooart.com/da/art/elizabeth-davey-lochrie-the-fur-traders-D5DDR4-en/

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