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1918 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico - 2006 New Mexico. Known for: Painting-genre, Indian figure, animal-design.
Born with the name of Tse Tsan at the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, Pablita Velarde has been painting since childhood and has become one of the most famous American Indian painters and muralists.... Read full biography
Born with the name of Tse Tsan at the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, Pablita Velarde has been painting since childhood and has become one of the most famous American Indian painters and muralists. Her work depicts Indian ceremony and daily life, and she pays meticulous attention to detail, which... Read full biography
Born with the name of Tse Tsan at the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, Pablita Velarde has been painting since childhood and has become one of the most famous American Indian painters and muralists. Her work depicts Indian ceremony and daily life, and she pays meticulous attention to detail, which makes her work valuable historical records. Some of her murals are at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. At age 15, she did a large mural for the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago... Read full biography
Born with the name of Tse Tsan at the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, Pablita Velarde has been painting since childhood and has become one of the most famous American Indian painters and muralists. Her work depicts Indian ceremony and daily life, and she pays meticulous attention to detail, which makes her work valuable historical records. Some of her murals are at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. At age 15, she did a large mural for the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago in 1933. Her mentor has been Tonita Pena, a painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo. Pablita became a professional painter although in her culture that was considered a masculine pursuit. She taught drawing in a day school and then built her own studio in... Read full biography
Born with the name of Tse Tsan at the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, Pablita Velarde has been painting since childhood and has become one of the most famous American Indian painters and muralists. Her work depicts Indian ceremony and daily life, and she pays meticulous attention to detail, which makes her work valuable historical records. Some of her murals are at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. At age 15, she did a large mural for the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago in 1933. Her mentor has been Tonita Pena, a painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo. Pablita became a professional painter although in her culture that was considered a masculine pursuit. She taught drawing in a day school and then built her own studio in Santa Clara Pueblo where she painted for several years before moving to Albuquerque. In recent years, she began grinding her own pain... Read full biography
Pablita (Tse Tsan-Golden Dawn) Velarde - Artist Info
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Keywords (32)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Kachina (Katsina) Doll Carving
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Casein
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indian Figure Prior to 1940
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Art Teacher
- •Dorothy Dunn
Art School
- •Santa Fe Indian School, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Walter Bimson Western Art Collection
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Indian, Native American
- •Santa Clara Pueblo