Meadowlark Gallery: The Artist Biographies

Elizabeth Davey Lochrie was born in Deer Lodge, Montana in 1890. She was raised in an early Montana settlement with "braid" Indian neighbors. Her education included the Butte high school and further studies at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York until 1911. She returned to Deer Lodge where she was married. From 1924 to 1925 she painted eighteen children's murals for the state hospital. In 1931 Elizabeth was adopted into the Blackfoot tribe as Net-chi-take, Lone Woman, and after that point she specialized in Indian portraits. From 1937 to 1939, she painted historical murals in post offices in Idaho and Montana. From 1943 to 1944, she studied during the summer months with Winold Reiss.

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Elizabeth D. Lochrie (1890-Deceased)
Elizabeth Davey Lochrie was born in Deer Lodge, Montana in 1890. She was raised in an early Montana settlement with "braid" Indian neighbors. Her education included the Butte high school and further studies at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York until 1911. She returned to Deer Lodge where she was married. From 1924 to 1925 she painted eighteen children's murals for the state hospital. In 1931 Elizabeth was adopted into the Blackfoot tribe as Net-chi-take, Lone Woman, and after that point she specialized in Indian portraits. From 1937 to 1939, she painted historical murals in post offices in Idaho and Montana. From 1943 to 1944, she studied during the summer months with Winold Reiss.
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