Background
Gladys Thayer was born in 1886 in South Woodstock, Connecticut.
Gladys Thayer was born in 1886 in South Woodstock, Connecticut.
She was the child of artist Abbott Handerson Thayer. She had one child with Reasoner, Allan (1922-1943). Her father taught her how to paint.
She painted flowers and portraiture.
She died in 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia "Hooded Warblers, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom" - ca.
1900-1909, watercolor on paper, stencil, and oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum.