print exhibition "America in the War, the Artists for Victory." Motivated by these successes, she arranged one-woman shows in New York and Santa Fe. In 1945, the Fine Art Museum of New Mexico organized an exhibition of Tait's work, which travelled to several southwestern cities. During this time, her sister and husband developed health complications that preoccupied Tait, who found solace in painting cats. Despite the hardships, she continued to take commissions for portraits and murals, and after 22 years in Santa Fe Tait set out to find a new home. This was in part a result of her disappointment in being relegated to the status of "New Mexico Artist". Tait once said "If people want to think of me as a Santa Fe artist, well--let them think anything they want." After spending time in Italy, Ireland, and Florida, she returned to Santa Fe to live out the rest of her life until her death in 1981. Public Collections Library of Congress Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Public Library Notes References External links Agnes Tait Official Webpage Agnes Tait's Cats Women Out West: Art on the Edge of America: Agnes Gabrielle Tait: Model, Writer, Illustrator, and Muralist 1894 births 1981 deaths 20th-century American painters American lithographers American muralists American women painters Artists from Santa Fe, New Mexico Public Works of Art Project artists National Academy of Design alumni American women printmakers 20th-century American women artists Women muralists Section of Painting and Sculpture artists American children's book illustrators People from Greenwich Village 20th-century American printmakers Women lithographers 20th-century lithographers