Gilbert Benjamin Atencio - Artist Info

About Gilbert Benjamin Atencio

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    The following was submitted by Carole Le Beau:

    Gilbert Atencio:

    San Ildefonso Pueblo
    Indian Name: Wah Peen or Wo Peen (Mountain of Sacred Wind)

    Born: Greeley, Co. 1930; Died 1995

    Residence: Santa Fe and San Ildefonso Pueblo

    Son of Isabel Montoya and nephew of Maria Martinez

    Profession: Illustrator, painter, and occasional potter. Atencio worked at Los Alamos Labs most of his adult life as a medical and technical illustrator, therefore he was not a prolific painter. He was a self-taught artist.

    Military: U.S. Marine Corps

    Medium: Watercolor & Pottery

    "Atencio's strong sense of family and tribal responsibility has resulted in his seldom venturing from his native pueblo. He ...

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