Pat Atencio, also called Koo Peen (English: "Mountain Rock"; January 22, 1932 – January 15, 2009), was a
San Ildefonso Pueblo painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
.
Biography
Pat Atencio was the son of Benjamin Atencio and painter
Isabel M. Montoya.
His mother's cousin was
Maria Martinez.
His brothers
Gilbert Benjamin Atencio
Gilbert Benjamin Atencio, also called Wah Peen (English: Mountain of the Sacred Wind; 1930–1995), was a San Ildefonso Pueblo painter, potter, medical Illustrator, and politician.
Early life and education
Atencio was born in 1930 in Greele ...
and
Tony Atencio
Tony Atencio, also called Su Ta (English: "Painted Arrow"; January 24, 1928 – October 23, 1995), was a San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, San Ildefonso Pueblo Painting, painter. He studied at the Santa Fe Indian School and exhibited his work acr ...
were also artists,
as were his sisters Helen Gutierrez and Angelita Sanchez.
He studied at the
Santa Fe Indian School and exhibited his work across the country.
Some of his works are in the permanent collection of institutions including the
Museum of New Mexico and the
National Museum of the American Indian.
See also
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List of Native American artists
References
External links
Works by Pat Atencio at the Smithsonion National Museum of the American Indian
1932 births
2009 deaths
20th-century American painters
20th-century indigenous painters of the Americas
Native American painters
Pueblo artists
Painters from New Mexico
20th-century American artists
20th-century Native American artists
21st-century American artists
21st-century Native American artists
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