Gisella Loeffler (c. 1902-1977). Born in Austria, Gisella Loeffler was noted as a Taos, New Mexico artist of decorative child folklore figures and illustration talents. Her cheerful Austrian and... Read full biography
Gisella Loeffler (c. 1902-1977). Born in Austria, Gisella Loeffler was noted as a Taos, New Mexico artist of decorative child folklore figures and illustration talents. Her cheerful Austrian and Mexican motifs were popular among her peers including Mabel Dodge Luhan. Loeffler signed her work simply... Read full biography
Gisella Loeffler (c. 1902-1977). Born in Austria, Gisella Loeffler was noted as a Taos, New Mexico artist of decorative child folklore figures and illustration talents. Her cheerful Austrian and Mexican motifs were popular among her peers including Mabel Dodge Luhan. Loeffler signed her work simply "Gisella." . From the Austrian Alps, she came with her family to the U. S. in 1908 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri where she, age five, was very disappointed in the drab appearance of her... Read full biography
Gisella Loeffler (c. 1902-1977). Born in Austria, Gisella Loeffler was noted as a Taos, New Mexico artist of decorative child folklore figures and illustration talents. Her cheerful Austrian and Mexican motifs were popular among her peers including Mabel Dodge Luhan. Loeffler signed her work simply "Gisella." . From the Austrian Alps, she came with her family to the U. S. in 1908 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri where she, age five, was very disappointed in the drab appearance of her surroundings compared to where she had come from. Instead of flowers in her front yard, she found paved bricks. She studied art at Washington University, created posters for the St. Louis Post Dispatch and began working in batik on textiles. In the early... Read full biography
Gisella Loeffler (c. 1902-1977). Born in Austria, Gisella Loeffler was noted as a Taos, New Mexico artist of decorative child folklore figures and illustration talents. Her cheerful Austrian and Mexican motifs were popular among her peers including Mabel Dodge Luhan. Loeffler signed her work simply "Gisella." . From the Austrian Alps, she came with her family to the U. S. in 1908 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri where she, age five, was very disappointed in the drab appearance of her surroundings compared to where she had come from. Instead of flowers in her front yard, she found paved bricks. She studied art at Washington University, created posters for the St. Louis Post Dispatch and began working in batik on textiles. In the early 1920s, she married writer and music critic Edgar Lacher. An exhibition of Taos painter, Ernest... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Taos Artists and Their Patrons, 1898-1950
1999
Porter, Dean; Teresa Ebie
400 pages (color)
Treasures on New Mexico Trails Discover New Deal Art and Architecture
1995
Flynn, Kathryn A
320 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Taos Artists A Historical and Biographical Dictionary
1984
Witt, David L
63 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The New Deal in the Southwest: Arizona and New Mexico (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Bermingham, Peter
67 pages
Paintings from the McKee Foundation (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Phoenix Art Museum
36 pages (color)
Representative Art and Artists of New Mexico (Exhibition catalog)
1976
School of American Research
41 pages
A Taos Mosaic
1973
Morrill, Claire
0 pages
The McKee Collection of Paintings (Exhibition catalog)