Emiliano Abeyta (1911–1981), also called Sa Pa, was a twentieth-century Pueblo-American painter from the Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo) tribe.[1] From 1933 to 1934, he was an artist in the Public Works of Art Project as part of the New Deal.[2][3] Already an established artist by that time, he worked for the program out of the Santa Fe Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[4] Later, in the 1950s, his work was part of the University of Oklahoma European Tours, for which the university's College of Fine Arts curated a collection of paintings for the U.S. Information Service to exhibit across Europe.[5] Abeyta's work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian[1] and the University of Oklahoma.[6]
Emiliano Abeyta | |
|---|---|
Sa Pa | |
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1981 (aged 69–70) |
| Nationality | American, Ohkay Owingeh |
References
edit- ^ a b "Two Antelope Dancers | National Museum of the American Indian". americanindian.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ Procurement Division (1936). Bulletin, Treasury Department Art Projects.
- ^ McLerran, Jennifer (2009). A New Deal for Native Art: Indian Arts and Federal Policy, 1933-1943. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-2766-3.
- ^ "New Mexico Tells New Mexico History | History: The Great Depression and World War II". online.nmartmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ King, Jeanne Snodgrass (1968). American Indian painters; a biographical directory. Smithsonian Libraries. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
- ^ Studio International. Studio Trust. 1956.
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