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The Pastel Art of Mary Louise Tejeda |
Mary Louise Tejeda was born in January, 1921 in Los Angeles, CA to which her parents had immigrated from Mexico and Switzerland. Her initial art training came from the Sisters of Corondolet in grammar school. She had art training in high school and then studied commercial art at the Frank Wiggins Trade School.
She joined the Raymond Advertising Company in 1939, working both as
an artist and model. During World War II Tejeda worked at North American
Aviation in Inglewood, CA in the engineering art department where she
did illustrations for the service manuals for the P-51 Mustang fighter
aircraft and the B-52 bombers. After the war she married fellow artist,
Reynold Brown and moved with him to New York City.
Reynold Brown became an important illustrator of movie posters. Tejeda temporarily set aside her art to care for her family which grew to eight children. The Brown's returned to California in 1951. Reynold suffered a severe stroke in 1976. Mary Louise persevered in his rehabilitation, especially in helping him to recover some of his artistic capabilities. With the family grown she moved with Reynold to Nebraska in 1982. There she resumed her art career.
Mary Louise Tejeda works primarily in pastel doing still-life paintings, florals and the Nebraska landscape.
Recently Published:
Article: "Light from the Shadows: Artwork by Mary Louise Tejeda Brown" by Matthew Spencer. Nebraska Life magazine, January-February 2011, pg 88-93. with short article about Reynold Brown The Rebirth of Reynold Brown" pg 90-91. and daughter Regina Ochoa "Hiding to Find Bliss in Nebraska's Pine Ridge" by Matthew Spencer, pg 94-95 about her R Lazy J guest house near Whitney, NE.
Article: "Pine Ridge Pastels" by Bob Grier. Nebraskaland magazine, January-February, 2010 pg 18-21.
"A Nebraska Sketchbook: Pastel Paintings by Mary Louise Brown 1999-2000" by Franz Brown. Recently published, a small catalog of Mary Louise Brown Nebraska sketches. Click on image below to learn more.
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