Pablita Velarde Pigment Painting with Native American Deco Motif, 1940s-1950s

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Pablita Velarde Pigment Painting with Native American Deco Motif, 1940s-1950s

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Abstract pigment painting by Pablita Valarde (1918-2006) with Native American Deco motif In excellent condition, signed lower right. Measures: 24" x 12" painting with a narrow strip wood frame measuring 24 3/4" x 12 ½". Velarde was born on Santa Clara Pueblo near Española, New Mexico. At the age of 14, she was accepted to Dorothy Dunn's Santa Fe Studio Art School at the Santa Fe Indian School. There, she became an accomplished painter in the Dunn style, known as "flat painting". Her early paintings were exclusively watercolors, but later in life she learned how to prepare paints from natural pigments. She used these paints to produce what she called "earth paintings". She obtained the pigments from minerals and rocks, which she ground on a metate until the result was a powdery substance from which she made her paints. In 1939, Velarde was commissioned by the National Park Service under a grant from the works Progress Administration (WPA) to depict scenes of traditional Pueblo life for visitors to the Bandelier National Monument. Following her work at Bandelier, Velarde went on to become one of the most accomplished Native American painters of her generation, with solo exhibitions throughout the United States, including her native New Mexico, as well as Florida and California. In 1953, she was the first woman to receive the Grand Purchase Award at the Philbrook Museum of Arts Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Painting. In 1954, the French government honored her with the Palmes Académiques for excellence in art. In 1960, she published a book of stories and paintings, Old Father, the Storyteller. Pablita’s studio has been recreated and is on exhibit at the Internationally famous Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

Creator:
Pablita Velarde (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 24.75 in (62.87 cm)Width: 12.5 in (31.75 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Paint
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1940s-1950s
Condition:
Seller Location:
Phoenix, AZ
Reference Number:
Seller: p41541stDibs: LU187538468453