"The Three Fates"

Taos called the three women the Three Fates long before Brett painted them under that name in 1958. The canvas, now at the Albuquerque Museum as My Three Fates, seats them in a bright kitchen with Lawrence glimpsed through an open door, leaning against a tree; the program's own biography retitles it Lawrence's Three Fates and moves them into the garden. The panel's The Ceremonies is the same biography's Ceremonials, Brett's paintings of Taos Pueblo dances. Lawrence himself lies at the ranch north of here.

What the plaque says

Official Scenic Historic Marker "The Three Fates" Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962) Frieda Lawrence (1879-1956) Dorothy Eugénie Brett (1883-1977) Three extraordinary women contributed to the unique artistic culture of Taos in the 20th Century. Sometimes called "The Three Fates", they had a long, passionate and often contentious relationship with each other. Mabel Dodge Luhan created a haven for artists, writers and musicians at her Taos home, including D.H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda. They arrived in Taos in 1924 with their friend, Dorothy Brett. Official Scenic Historic Marker "The Three Fates" Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962) Frieda Lawrence (1879-1956) Dorothy Eugénie Brett (1883-1977) Frieda von Richthofen was born into Prussian aristocracy and married Lawrence in 1914. She was his most ardent supporter and served as inspiration for many of his characters. Dorothy Brett, known simply as Brett, was born into English aristocracy. She provided moving depictions based on Taos Pueblo spiritualism in her paintings known collectively as "The Ceremonies". Together these women created a vibrant world of artistic experimentation and creation.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Taos Pueblo — 4.9 mi
  Two terraced adobe houses facing each other across Red Willow Creek, lived in for something like a thousand years, with no electricity or running water inside the old walls.
• Rio Grande Gorge Bridge — 6.4 mi
  A steel truss strung across a slot in the basalt west of Taos, 565 feet above the river by the careful measure and 650 by the signs, built when the road beyond it did not yet exist.
• San Francisco de Asís Church, Ranchos de Taos — 8.3 mi
  The adobe church at Ranchos de Taos that artists always paint from behind, kept standing by the mud its parish spreads over it every June.

More markers nearby

• Taos — 3.8 mi
• Kit Carson Memorial Cemetery — 5.6 mi
• Jack M. Campbell — 6.1 mi
• Taos — 6.2 mi