Born in 1912, and raised in France, Adeine describes herself as a “simple country girl”. In 1936 and ’37 she studied at the Beaux Arts, Lille, France, and won a first prize and a trip to Holland. The next year she painted a mural for the Press Pavillion at the International Fair at Lille. For a time Adeine studied in Paris, but left because “It gave me claustrophobia, when I paint I don’t have a foot on this earth, I’m in a dream”.
Adeine came to the U.S. in 1956 and studied under Maurice Kantor and Hans Hoffman in New England. The Pratt Graphique in New York awarded Ms. De la Noe a scholarship for 1960-61 and she also attended the Blatt Potterie Ceramique. But she couldn’t be held in the city too long and soon wanted to taste the freedom of the west. On a trip to California, de la Noe stopped in Taos, NM and fell in love with the light. She soon returned to buy an old adobe in Talpa.
Artist Earl Stroh described de la Noe as “a serious modern painter, one who never sold out.” She taught numerous art classes and continued her own artist journey as a painter, printmaker and craftsmen. Adeine describes her work as emotive, not intellectual, she strived to convey life and beauty. The Taos mountain held de la Noe close for more than 28 years. Her artwork is in collections throughout the United States and Europe.
