Video: A model for Minerva Teichert
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Betty Curtis Stokes, at 92 years of age, exudes grace and nobility as she stands in front of a large portrait of Queen Esther hanging in her dining room. There's a striking resemblance to the biblical heroine in the painting hanging on the wall and for good reason. Growing up in Cokeville, Wyo., Betty Curtis and her family lived a few doors down from Minerva Teichert, a well-known Latter-day Saint artist. Sister Teichert would often use people from her community as models for her paintings. In 1939 at age 19, Betty Curtis was the model for Minerva Teichert's "Queen Esther."
Photos of Minerva Teichert courtesy of LDS Church History Library.
Photos of Cokeville, Wyoming, courtesy of wyomingtalesandtrails.com.
Photos of Minerva Teichert paintings courtesy of the BYU History Museum.
