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Small San Ildefonso Painting of a Single Male Dancer by Encarnacion Peña - C3899E
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Tue, Apr 25th 2017, 4:49pm
There were several artists painting at San Ildefonso Pueblo in the 1920s. Among them were Tonita Peña, Ricardo Martinez, Luís Gonzales, Abel Sánchez, Romando Vigil and Encarnación Peña.
A little-known San Ildefonso artist is Encarnación Peña. One of the early artists, he produced little through the years. Like so many others, he was greatly influenced by the more outstanding men of his village, particularly in delicacy of style in painting dancers. Typical of so much pueblo work, the figures dominate the otherwise blank paper. Typically pueblo in style is the raised foot of the dancer, as if in motion.