Slow Art Sunday - Teichert

Today, Slow Art Sunday brings you “Queen Esther” by American painter Minerva Teichert (1888-1976).  Esther, the Biblical heroine, was orphaned and then raised as a daughter by her relative Mordecai. As our family honours National Adoption Month in November, we take a look at young Hadassah (also called Esther) who needed a new family to grow into the woman she was meant to be. 

Teichert received her first watercolours at the age of 4 and went on to study at The Art Institute of Chicago as well as other education.  Along with her art career, which is estimated to include thousands of paintings, she raised 5 children and managed the family ranch. Her delicate style perfectly combines the confidence and meekness that Queen Esther possessed.

Recorded in Esther 4:14, Mordecai emboldens his daughter with this encouragement “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”

 Take some time today to consider not only this lovely painting but the message of being brave.

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