biografía de Awa TSIREH (1895-1955)

Lugar de nacimiento: San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM

Lugar de defunción: San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM

Direcciones: San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM

Profesión: Painter

Estudios: self-taught; S. Indp. A., 1918

Exposiciones: major exhib. of Indian art, Chicago, New York by 1930; S.Indp.A., 1932-35; AIC, 1934

Obra: American Mus. Natural History, NY; Brooklyn Mus.; Corcoran; Denver Art Mus.; Mus. American Indian; MoMA; Mus. New Mexico; Philbrook AC; Smithsonian Inst.

Comentarios: Important early Pueblo painter and leader of the San Ildefonso artists. Nephew of Crescencio Martinez. He painted at the School of American Research along with Fred Kabotie and Velino Shije Herrera and enjoyed a national reputation by the 1930s. He painted a wide range of subject matter.

Fuentes: P&H Samuels, 14-15; Eldredge, et al., Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945, 191.