Gilbert Benjamin Atencio
Gilbert Benjamin Atencio | |
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Wah Peen | |
Born | 1930 |
Died | 1995 (aged 64–65) |
Nationality | American, San Ildefonso Pueblo |
Alma mater | Santa Fe Indian School |
Occupation | painter, potter |
![Colorful painting shows 9 human figures in a line. Apparel is colorful and carefully rendered.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Gilbert_Atencio_-_San_Ildefonso_Buffalo_Dance_1967.jpg/220px-Gilbert_Atencio_-_San_Ildefonso_Buffalo_Dance_1967.jpg)
Gilbert Benjamin Atencio (1930–1995), also called Wah Peen ("Mountain of the Sacred Wind"), is a Pueblo-American painter and potter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo.[1] He studied at the San Ildefonso Day School and then at the Santa Fe Indian School, graduating in 1947.[2] Known for his portraiture and portrayals of local ceremonies and customs, he has exhibited his work across the country.[1][3] Some of his works have been in the permanent collection of institutions including the Museum of New Mexico, the National Museum of the American Indian,[4] the Gilcrease Museum,[5] and the Philbrook Museum of Art.[1][6]
Atencio was born in 1930 in Greeley, Colorado. He was the daughter of Benjamin Atencio and painter Isabel Montoya, who was a cousin of Maria Martinez. His brothers Pat Atencio and Tony Atencio were also artists,[1] as were his sisters Helen Gutierrez and Angelita Sanchez.[7]
He was trained in the Studio style,[8] and was initially interested in portraiture. An early success was his painting of his relatives Maria and Julian Martinez.[9] His later work often broke from the Studio style and showed influence of self-taught painters like Fred Kabotie.[10] His drawings often feature a number of figures, with apparel and features meticulously rendered.[2] By the 1930s, Atencio also painted abstract or semi-abstract works.[11]
Atencio served as Governor of the San Ildefonso Pueblo in 1966-67. He worked for some years as a medical illustrator.[2] Atencio died on April 6, 1995, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d King, Jeanne Snodgrass (1968). American Indian painters; a biographical directory. Smithsonian Libraries. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Silberman, Arthur (1978). 100 years of native American painting, March 5-April 16, 1978, the Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City : [exhibition catalogue]. Internet Archive. Oklahoma City : The Museum.
- ^ Dawdy, Doris Ostrander (1968). Annotated bibliography of American Indian painting. Smithsonian Libraries. New York, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
- ^ "Painting | National Museum of the American Indian". americanindian.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Woman & Child / Gilbert Benjamin Atencio - Gilcrease Museum". collections.gilcrease.org. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ Handbook of the Collections, 1917-1974, Museum of Fine Arts. Museum of New Mexico. 1974. p. 13.
- ^ Spivey, Richard L. (2003). The legacy of Maria Poveka Martinez. Internet Archive. Santa Fe, N.M. : Museum of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-89013-419-1.
- ^ United States Information Service (1900). Contemporary American Indian paintings from the Margretta S. Dietrich collection. Smithsonian Libraries. [S.l.] United States Information Service.
- ^ St. James guide to native North American artists. Internet Archive. Detroit : St. James Press. 1998. ISBN 978-1-55862-221-0.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation; Fawcett, David M.; Callander, Lee A. (1982). Native American painting : selections from the Museum of the American Indian. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y. : Museum of the American Indian. ISBN 978-0-934490-40-5.
- ^ "Gilbert Atencio Paintings - Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe". www.adobegallery.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- 1930 births
- 1995 deaths
- 20th-century American painters
- 20th-century indigenous painters of the Americas
- Native American painters
- Pueblo artists
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