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that they made moonshine in their bathtubs dur-
ing Prohibition. But, they were serious about
their art, and in 1921; they held their first exhi-
bition at the Art Museum in Santa Fe. Los Cinco
Pintores eventually became a force in American
impressionism in the first half of the twentieth
century. They also served as cheerleaders for
Canyon Road’s growing art colony.
(We couldn’t have written the above story
without paraphrasing Mark Sublette’s excellent
history. For more, visit the Canyon Road Arts
website at https://www.canyonroadarts.com/
the-history-of-canyon-road/ .)

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