Fine Art - Native American Paintings Paintings San Ildefonso Pueblo, Po-woh-ge-oweenge

Original Painting “Deer Dancers” by Jose V. Aguilar

Jose Vicente Aguilar, San Ildefonso Pueblo Artist

Category: Paintings
Origin: San Ildefonso Pueblo, Po-woh-ge-oweenge
Medium:
watercolor, pencil on heavy weight watercolor paper
Size:
14-½” Height x 13-¾” Width (image);
22” Height x 21-¼” Width (frame)
Item # C4901B
Price: $2000

"Deer Dancers" by José V. Aguilar is a striking original watercolor painting on heavy-weight cold-pressed watercolor paper. The piece depicts two Deer Dancers in traditional attire, brought to life with Aguilar's confident and loose brushwork. Signed "Warm Mountain '49" in the lower right corner, this artwork beautifully captures the essence of cultural tradition and artistic mastery.

José Vicente Aguilar (b. 1924), also known as Sua Peen (Warm Mountain), earned numerous art awards throughout his career. Notably, he was honored with the Indian Arts Fund Award in 1962.

José V. Aguilar was born at San Ildefonso Pueblo in 1924, son of Rosalie Simbola, potter from Picuris Pueblo, and José Angela Aguilar, pottery decorator and painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo. "His education beyond elementary school was largely in California, although he did go to the University of New Mexico. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, in Europe. For the most part, he has been employed as a commercial artist. He has exhibited widely in the Southwest and to a smaller degree in California; too, he is represented in both private and public collections, and has received numerous awards. [Tanner 1973:129]

"Although he started out painting in the traditional ways of his pueblo, and the Santa Fe Indian School, he was greatly influenced by Joe H. Herrera in his later semi-abstract work." ibid

Condition: excellent condition

Provenance: this Original Painting "Deer Dancers" by Jose V. Aguilar was the property of Sallie Wagner Lippincott (1913-2006), the former owner of the Wide Ruins Trading Post, and comes from the collection of a client of Adobe Gallery

Recommended Reading and Reference: Tanner, Clara Lee. Southwest Indian Painting a changing art, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1973

TAGS: Picuris Pueblo, Rosalie Simbola Aguilar, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Southwest Indian Pottery, Rose Gonzales, American Indian Art Magazine, Suzanna Aguilar, José Angela Aguilar (1898-1965), Native American Paintings, Jose Vicente Aguilar

Alternate close-up view of a section of this painting.