Peter W. Blos
American, (1903–1986)
A long-time art teacher and painter in California, Peter Blos also made numerous sketching trips into the Southwest. He was born in Munich, Germany, the son of a well known portraitist, Carl Blos. He studied art in Munich and Paris and in 1931, then immigrated with his artist wife, May Blos, to California where he became a portrait painter. From 1931, often accompanied by his wife, he made more than thirty-five annual trips to the Southwest to paint the Hopi and Navajo tribes and landscape of Utah and Colorado.
American, (1903–1986)
A long-time art teacher and painter in California, Peter Blos also made numerous sketching trips into the Southwest. He was born in Munich, Germany, the son of a well known portraitist, Carl Blos. He studied art in Munich and Paris and in 1931, then immigrated with his artist wife, May Blos, to California where he became a portrait painter. From 1931, often accompanied by his wife, he made more than thirty-five annual trips to the Southwest to paint the Hopi and Navajo tribes and landscape of Utah and Colorado.
Artist Objects
Portrait of Roi Partridge 1995.7