Adele
Underwood Thomson studied at the Art Institute of
Chicago, Sophie Newcomb College with Will Stevens, Eliot O’Hara, Xavier
Gonzalez, Reveau Bassett, John Vanderpoel, Adele Brunet and with Ellen Holmes.
She began her art career in 1919 and her first recorded exhibition
in Texas was in 1931. She was to settle in Corpus Christi in
1942 where she
was to become one of South Texas' most active exhibitors in regional
and national exhibitions. She
was a leader in the founding of the Corpus Christ Art Colony in
1946.Her evolving work from the traditional to the abstract
cubist creations of the late 1940’s brought recognition and awards
and accolades from the likes of Loren Mozley for her use of color,
line, space, texture and form She won numerous prizes for her
works in venues i.e., Southern States Art League; South Texas
Art League; Corpus Christi Art Guild; The National
Gallery Art; Corpus Christi Art Foundation;
The
National
League of American Pen Women National
Exhibition, Washington,
D. C; Smithsonian Institution.