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Awa Tsireh MUSEUMS
1895 San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico - 1955 San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Known for: Painter-animal, figural native symbols.
From San Ildefonso Pueblo, Alfonso Roybal (Awa Tsireh) was many things to his pueblo; he was a farmer, pottery painter, museum employee, painter and silversmith. He was born in 1898 and died in 1955.... Read full biography
From San Ildefonso Pueblo, Alfonso Roybal (Awa Tsireh) was many things to his pueblo; he was a farmer, pottery painter, museum employee, painter and silversmith. He was born in 1898 and died in 1955. Awa Tsireh was painting before 1917. He was the oldest of the early group of pueblo painters. His... Read full biography
From San Ildefonso Pueblo, Alfonso Roybal (Awa Tsireh) was many things to his pueblo; he was a farmer, pottery painter, museum employee, painter and silversmith. He was born in 1898 and died in 1955. Awa Tsireh was painting before 1917. He was the oldest of the early group of pueblo painters. His formal education had not extended beyond primary grades. He was versatile in his styles of painting. He was equally comfortable with representational or semi-realistic, representational plus... Read full biography
From San Ildefonso Pueblo, Alfonso Roybal (Awa Tsireh) was many things to his pueblo; he was a farmer, pottery painter, museum employee, painter and silversmith. He was born in 1898 and died in 1955. Awa Tsireh was painting before 1917. He was the oldest of the early group of pueblo painters. His formal education had not extended beyond primary grades. He was versatile in his styles of painting. He was equally comfortable with representational or semi-realistic, representational plus conventional, and abstract. Awa Tsireh was early recognized beyond his native world as an outstanding Indian artist. His watercolors were sent by Alice Corbin Henderson to the Arts Club of Chicago for a special exhibit in 1920. His paintings appeared in early... Read full biography
From San Ildefonso Pueblo, Alfonso Roybal (Awa Tsireh) was many things to his pueblo; he was a farmer, pottery painter, museum employee, painter and silversmith. He was born in 1898 and died in 1955. Awa Tsireh was painting before 1917. He was the oldest of the early group of pueblo painters. His formal education had not extended beyond primary grades. He was versatile in his styles of painting. He was equally comfortable with representational or semi-realistic, representational plus conventional, and abstract. Awa Tsireh was early recognized beyond his native world as an outstanding Indian artist. His watercolors were sent by Alice Corbin Henderson to the Arts Club of Chicago for a special exhibit in 1920. His paintings appeared in early exhibits in Santa Fe, and he was among the several artis... Read full biography
Awa Tsireh - Artist Info
About Awa Tsireh: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (5)
All MuseumsNational Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
4th Street & Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20560New Mexico Museum of Art
113 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Philbrook Museum of Art
2727 South Rockford Road
P.O. Box 52510
Tulsa, OK 74152-0510