Robert Daughters

Born in 1929, Robert Daughters was raised in St. Joseph, Missouri. After graduation from high school and three years in the military, he worked as a Curator of Display at the St. Joseph Museum of Natural History while attending the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design.

During a 1953 visit to Taos, Daughters discovered the beauty and light of the area. His earlier works were in a realistic, academic vein and consisted of many charcoal drawings of Southwest Indians as well as oils of New Mexico landscapes and Pueblo scenes.

“A tireless, compulsive painter, he has produced countless representations of the Southwest in all of its magnificence,” writes SouthwestArt magazine. “His style is characterized by dark outlines and short discrete brush strokes that catch color and movement of his subjects with vivid flourish. And above all he conveys a sense of the regions brilliant light.”

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