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Romando Vigil (1902-1978) Tse Ye Mu - Falling Cloud was one of the San Ildefonso self-taught artists in the early part of the 20th century. He was a leader within the San Ildefonso Watercolor Movement, a movement that caught fire during 1915 to 1917. It fostered an art form unmatched in the cultural history of the world. These men portrayed tribal culture and local wildlife, attaining a flat decorative character absent of backgrounds and foregrounds and free of traditional perspective, with an unerring color sense. Their success in these presentations was due to their understanding of the ceremonies they painted. They understood the meanings of the symbolism, because they had participated in these ceremonies since childhood. 

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