New biography sheds light on little-known muralist whose work is featured at St. Kate’s

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Edward OBriens mural in the main building of the St. Catherine Indian School campus in Santa Fe is one of four murals he completed in New Mexico. Peter Lopez, a santero from Montezuma, published the first biography of OBrien after being awestruck by the mural, Our Lady of Guadalupes Love for the Indian Race, in 2009. New Mexican file photo

Edward OBrien, Mural Artist, 1910-1975, by New Mexico santero Peter E. Lopez, is available at the Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe or via Amazon.com at $25 per copy. Courtesy image

Muralist Edward OBrien died in 1975, less than a month after completing his last mural at the Sikh ashram in Sombrillo near Espaola. Courtesy Sikhnet.com

Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:00 pm | Updated: 7:19 pm, Wed May 15, 2013.

Book sheds light on muralist whose work is featured at St. Kates By Tom Sharpe The New Mexican SantaFeNewMexican.com |

Peter E. Lopez was introduced to the work of Edward OBrien four years ago, when he visited the abandoned main building of the St. Catherine Indian School campus.

Lopez, a santero who lives in Montezuma near Las Vegas, N.M., made arrangements to get inside the building at the behest of his sister, a home designer, who had a client request for a rendition of a mural inside the building. The electricity on the campus had been shut off, leaving the mural in darkness, so Barbara Tafoya, the real estate agent who led Lopez inside, agreed to remove the window coverings.

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