(50.9 x 66.2 cm) See more items in Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection Department Graphic Arts Smithsonian American Art Museum Topic Abstract Animal\bird Indian Animal\insect Record ID saam_1979.144. 1917-1920 Object number 1979.144.35 Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply Type Painting Medium watercolor on paper Dimensions sheet: 20 x 26 1/8 in. Credit Line Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice H. The paintings in this exhibition were donated to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1979 by the Hendersons' daughter, Alice H. In this way, he redefined contemporary Pueblo art and created a new, pan-Pueblo style. ' The human and animal figures were executed in a very representational style and the clouds at the top are conventional symbols for clouds on pueblo pottery designs. Henderson shared with the young Pueblo painter books on European and American modernism and Japanese woodblock prints, as well as South Asian miniatures and ancient Egyptian art that provided soure material for his stylized paintings. This painting is an excellent example of a style of painting, executed by Awa Tsireh, called 'representational plus conventional. Painter John Sloan and poet Alice Corbin Henderson took a particular interest and arranged for his watercolors to be exhibited in New York, Chicago, and elsewhere. Awa Tsireh's paintings quickly found an audience among the artists, writers, and archaeologists who descended on Santa Fe in great numbers in the late 1910s and 1920s. Office of Indian Affairs attempted to restrict Pueblo cultural and religious practices, the watercolors of Awa Tsireh and other Pueblo artists helped to affirm the importance of ceremonial dance and tirual to cultural survival. But Awa Tsireh's work is more than an amalgam of traditional and modernist design. The son of distinguished potters, Awa Tsireh translated geometic pottery designs into stylized watercolors that feature the ceremonial dancers and practices of Pueblo communities. Reynolds, Gregory Kondos, Awa Tsireh Large Copper Plate, Preston Monongye. Exhibition Label The paintings of Awa Tsireh (1898-1955), who was also known by his Spanish name, Alfonso Roybal, represent an encounter between the art traditions of native Pueblo peoples in the southwestern United States and the American modernist art style begun in New York in the early twentieth century. Little Native American Pottery Vase, Double Necked, Painted By E. The oversize paper and darker background as well as the decision to present the composite creations in linear patterns reveal the artist's willingness to invent new forms. 1955 Gallery Label Animal Designs presents a grid of colorful, fantastical creatures inspired by traditional Pueblo pottery, Navajo blanket design, and Mayan hieroglyphic writing. Object Details Artist Awa Tsireh, born San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM1898-died San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM ca. The Pueblo people are one of many Native American cultural groups living in the southwestern United States. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art The Modern Pueblo Paintings of Awa Tsireh. This painting, known as Pottery Makers, is one of many that the artist Awa Tsireh (Cattail Bird, Spanish name Alfonso Roybal) created about Pueblo cultures, including images of ceremonial dances and pottery designs.
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