I Have Dreamed with Her: The Fruitful Relationship between Minerva Teichert and Alice Merrill Horne

Authors

Laura Paulson Howe

Keywords

Minerva Teichert, Alice Merrill Horne, Art, Mentor

Abstract

Minerva Teichert was asked to give the eulogy at the funeral of her agent, mentor, and friend, Alice Merrill Horne, in 1948. “I think one of the greatest things [Horne] did,” Teichert mused in her speech, “was to insist that I get a washing machine. I had lived too long in Fort Hall Bottoms. I looked open-eyed, almost horror stricken, as I said—‘You don’t mean an electric washer, do you?’ ‘Of course I do,’ she answered, ‘why not? No one deserves one more than you. I’ll sell some thing and help you out. You’d have your washing done in an hour instead of a whole day and you wouldn’t be worn out for the rest of the week either.’” Then Teichert told the assembled audience, “Wonder of wonders, it worked! And so I painted.”

Recommended Citation

Howe, Laura Paulson (2023) "I Have Dreamed with Her: The Fruitful Relationship between Minerva Teichert and Alice Merrill Horne," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 62: Iss. 3, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol62/iss3/5