Edith Pfau

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American painter, sculptor and art educator known for her religious works and commissions. She began drawing at a very early age. Later in her life she recalled, "I always was attracted to faces. I find faces everywhere, even in scribbles on the wall." Pfau entered the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1933 at the age of 18, taking the religious name Sister Edith. Her main ministry as a Sister was teaching art and English in Indiana, Illinois, Washington, D.C., California and Taiwan. Pfau worked in a variety of media including oil, tempera, ceramics, polymer, wood and metal sculpture, silkscreen and acrylic. Well-known works include "Risen Christ" (oil, 1964), "Stations of the Cross" (egg-oil tempera, 1951), "Madonna and Child" (sculpmetal and polymer, 1953), and "St. Joseph and Child" (walnut sculpture, 1959). She died on 14 December 2001, aged 86, in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Link to Wikipedia biography