Gene (Alice Geneva Glasier) Kloss (1903-1996)
Gene Kloss was born Alice Geneva Glasier in Oakland, California in 1903. She was known for her Southwestern Indian-genre subjects and landscapes which were generally etchings, oil or watercolor. She studied at the San Francisco School of Fine Arts.
After her first visit to Taos in 1925 fell in love with the town. Four years later she became a permanent resident. The landscape suited her temperament as well as her 19th century artistic skills. She never tired of the Southwestern Indian people or their ceremonies and these are the images for which she is best known. She died in Taos, New Mexico in 1996. Her works can be seen in the Metropolitan Art Museum, Library of Congress, Carnegie Institute, and the Smithsonian.
Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc, March 2007