Bust-length of a woman with wavy short blond hair in a blue open collar dress and a 3-strand red and white necklace. Her lips are bright red and her eyes blue. A red and blue thin ribbon (?) is in her hair. The background suggests a dramatic halo of blues and reds. Multiple point of reflection in her left eye suggest tears.
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Collection
Private Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Potter, Bertha Herbert, 1895-1949
Date made
1940 - 1949
General Notes
Note Type
Historical Note
Note
Bertha Herbert was born on March 12, 1895, to Thomas Levens Herbert and Sarah Bush Herbert. She married Alvin Edward Potter Jr. in 1917. Started an art school in Nashville along with P. Saunders and C.P. Byrns in 1932. She died in Santa Fe New Mexico in 1949 and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
