04/07/2023
‘Ave Maria’
Božena Sochor, c. 1945
Linoleum cut on paper
Signed and titled
11 x 14 in
Božena Sochor (1901-1963), b. Šonov, Bohemia, was a painter who resided in Uniontown, PA. She came to America in 1920 and studied art at Carnegie Institute of Technology. She also attended Waynesburg College and Pennsylvania State University. She was director of McCrum Training School (1957-63). She exhibited in Butler, AL (1944); Parkersburg (1943-46); Ohio State University (1945); Uniontown, PA (1941-48).
Bio: “Božena Sochor,” in: American Women, p. 404