| Born in London, England, to a wealthy family with ties to royalty, she
became a noted long-time resident artist of Taos, New Mexico. She
grew up in the court of Queen Victoria and took dancing lessons with
the Queen's grandchildren. She saw her first American Indian when
she was age five attending a performance in London of Buffalo Bill's
Wild West Show. She determined to be an artist, which was counter
to her parent's social expectations of her, and she enrolled in the
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Dorothy Brett is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
Taos Pre 1940
Women Artists
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