Bought a nice 1930-1940ās schoolboy portrait today.
Mary Lou Thomas (1899-1989) was a portrait and landscape painter who moved to Taos, New Mexico, in 1927 to join the art colony there. Located in the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) mountain area of northern New Mexico, Taos was established as one of the United States' major art colonies by the 1920's.
As Taos gained recognition more artists were attracted to the area, including Thomas who was part of the second generation of Taos artists. The first group, 1885-1915, included colony founders Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Phillips. Thomas was a pupil of Phillips after she arrived in Taos.
Wiki















