Pierre Rochard, Sarasota. Oil on leather, 10 5/8 by 14 1/4 inches.
Pierre Rochard, a native of France, came to Sarasota in 1930; opening a studio in the annex of the Mira Mar Hotel. Rochard’s painting, Burial of Sara de Sota, was published in the Sarasota Herald, March 5, 1939. The caption reads, “Pierre Rochard, Sarasota’s artists conception of the burial in ‘the most beautiful landlocked bay in all the world’ of Sara, daughter of the famed Spanish explorer. As a final gesture of his love, Chichi Okobee, young Indian chieftain, begs permission from de Soto to bury the remains of his beloved and to go with her body to forever guard her last resting place. This scene will be depicted in the dramatization of the Legend of Sara de Sota, pageant feature in Municipal auditorium, Thursday night.”
Education: Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris.
Membership: Sarasota Art Association.
Exhibits: Architectural League of New York; Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York; New York Metropolitan Opera House; Sarasota Art Association, Cain Building, Orange Avenue, Art in Our Town, December 1939; Sarasota Art Association, March 1940, 10th Annual Members Exhibition, Careless Bundle of Roses.
Directory: Listed in the Sarasota City Directory, 1936-1940, as and artist with a studio at 218 McAnsh Square.
