Vintage Native American Girl Art Original Pastel Painting Gerda Christoffersen

Beautiful Vintage Native American Girl Art Original Pastel Painting by Artist Gerda Christofferson. Detailed and finer use of pastels. Very good vintage condition. Solid wood frame with glass. Frame back dust cover has tearing. Stamped on back with date 1966. Measurements: 11.5" length 10.5" width p Artist Biography: Gerda Christoffersen (1917 - 2012), internationally know painter, was born in Denmark and has spent most of her life in Canada and the United States studying the culture of North American Indians and is now an authority on the subject. She has also studied anatomy with H. G. Glyde of England. She has created the original style of the "Papoose Paintings" and is uninfluenced by any art trend or form. She also painted covers of Mary Knoll magazine.