work with Dr. Hewett the San Ildefonso Pueblo became the inspiration for her work. In 1921 Crow brought to Paris several of her paintings of Southwest subject matter, including her very large canvas, Eagle Dance, San Ildefonso, of 1919. The painting was selected for inclusion at the 1921 Salon d’ Automne and was favorably received. The next year she organized an exhibit in Rome. After returning to the United States she divided her rime between Seattle, where she opened a studio, San Francisco, and Santa Fe. When she returned to Santa Fe in 1938, Ina Sizer Cassidy wrote in an article: "In is not to expect too much to feel that the work of Louise Crow in the coming years will add much to the prestige of New Mexico, and Santa Fe in Particular, as an art center of the west." Ultimately though, by 1938 Crow’s circumstances had changed. Her family’s fortune had been lost during The Great Depression. Although she had experienced significant success early in life, her painting career had become stifled by mental illness in later years, As her mental health deteriorated, she felt compelled to destroy many of the paintings that were once so high acclaimed. Fewer that twenty of her works are known to exist today. Louise Crow died destitute in 1968 in San Mateo, California. Notable works Eagle Dance, San Ildenfonso, 1919, oil on canvas, 6 X 8 feet. Yen-See-Do, 1915, oil on canvas. References Artists from Seattle 1891 births 1968 deaths 20th-century American women artists American women painters National Academy of Design alumni San Francisco Art Institute alumni Painters from Washington (state) 20th-century American painters