"Taos Artists and Their Patrons, 1898-1950 is the first major study to examine the widely diverse forms of patronage that made it possible for artists to live and work in Taos, far from the nation's art centers. A unique resource for scholars, collectors, and art lovers, this volume includes scores of artists - academic and modernist - and dozens of patrons. It is illustrated with more than a hundred color plates and hundreds of black and white photographs, many never before published."--BOOK JACKET.