Eya fechin biography of christopher
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These next photos are of Taos. The first is as you approach the Sange de Cristo mountains from the East. As you travel towards these mountains you see nothing but prairie land, populated by deer, prong horned antelope and buffalo. This goes on unchanged for about 100 miles.
You then must manuver through the mountains to get to the Taos valley. The last image is of the town of Taos, surrounded on three sides by mountains and on the west by the Rio Grande gorge.
It's said that of the 6,000 residents, 3,000 are artists.
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Mike McCarty
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Collection: Chris Alvarez
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Margaret Lefranc and Gene Kloss
In 1939, Margaret drove across the United States from New York to California “to see the land of her birth” with a planned stop in New Mexico. To greet her were Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Kieve [1],a former boyfriend, and Marjorie, his wife, a long-time New York friend. They introduced her to Frieda Lawrence [2],who had rentals in Taos and where Margaret met poet W. H. Auden [3],with his student Chester Kallman [4]. After over a month’s stay with Frieda, Margaret headed toward California after Auden insisted on a ride in order to meet poet Christopher Isherwood [5], but before she left, Lefranc went sketching with Nicolai Fechin [6]and became long-time friends with his daughter Eya [7]. In Taos, Margaret fell in love with New Mexico and vowed to Frieda to return when she had saved one thousand dollars. True to her word, Margaret returned to live in Nambe and Santa Fe from 1945–1955 illustrating books for noted Alice Marriott [8]. Lefranc became close friends with Maria Martinez [9]while sketching the potter and listening to Marriott’s interviews of the famous Indian potter. Margaret’s illustrations for Ma