Born: Zia Pueblo, 22 October 1902. Education: Santa Fe Indian Boarding School, and after school painting sessions. Career: Rancher; educator in painting at the Albuquerque Indian School; illustrator,... Read full biography
Born: Zia Pueblo, 22 October 1902. Education: Santa Fe Indian Boarding School, and after school painting sessions. Career: Rancher; educator in painting at the Albuquerque Indian School; illustrator, bookbinder, laborer on archeological digs, painter for the School of American Research, Santa Fe.... Read full biography
Born: Zia Pueblo, 22 October 1902. Education: Santa Fe Indian Boarding School, and after school painting sessions. Career: Rancher; educator in painting at the Albuquerque Indian School; illustrator, bookbinder, laborer on archeological digs, painter for the School of American Research, Santa Fe. Awards: Commissioned to paint 2,200 feet of murals, U.S. Department of the Interior Building, Washington D.C., 1939; Grand Award, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials, 1948; Palmes d'Academiques, France,... Read full biography
Born: Zia Pueblo, 22 October 1902. Education: Santa Fe Indian Boarding School, and after school painting sessions. Career: Rancher; educator in painting at the Albuquerque Indian School; illustrator, bookbinder, laborer on archeological digs, painter for the School of American Research, Santa Fe. Awards: Commissioned to paint 2,200 feet of murals, U.S. Department of the Interior Building, Washington D.C., 1939; Grand Award, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials, 1948; Palmes d'Academiques, France, 1954. Died: 30 January 1973. Biography:. Velino Shije Herrera, later called Ma Pe Wi, was part of the original group of early Pueblo Indian easel painters (1910-1930). Members from this first group, Herrera, Fred Kabotie, Alfonso Roybal, and Tonita... Read full biography
Born: Zia Pueblo, 22 October 1902. Education: Santa Fe Indian Boarding School, and after school painting sessions. Career: Rancher; educator in painting at the Albuquerque Indian School; illustrator, bookbinder, laborer on archeological digs, painter for the School of American Research, Santa Fe. Awards: Commissioned to paint 2,200 feet of murals, U.S. Department of the Interior Building, Washington D.C., 1939; Grand Award, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials, 1948; Palmes d'Academiques, France, 1954. Died: 30 January 1973. Biography:. Velino Shije Herrera, later called Ma Pe Wi, was part of the original group of early Pueblo Indian easel painters (1910-1930). Members from this first group, Herrera, Fred Kabotie, Alfonso Roybal, and Tonita Pena, to name a few, depicted scenes from the social and religious life of t... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (24)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Pueblo Indian Painting Tradition and Modernism in New Mexico 1900-1930
1997
Brody, J J
225 pages (color)
Treasures on New Mexico Trails Discover New Deal Art and Architecture
1995
Flynn, Kathryn A
320 pages (color)
Native American Artists
1995
Reno, Dawn E.
230 pages
Paintings of the Southwest
1994
Skolnick, Arnold/Suzan Campbell
128 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947