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Gilbert Benjamin Atencio

Gilbert Benjamin Atencio (1930 - 1995) was active/lived in New Mexico, Colorado.  Gilbert Atencio is known for Illustrator, ceramist, painter.

The following was submitted by Carole Le Beau:

Gilbert Atencio:

San Ildefonso Pueblo
Indian Name: Wah Peen or Wo Peen (Mountain of Sacred Wind)

Born: Greeley, Co. 1930; Died 1995

Residence: Santa Fe and San Ildefonso Pueblo

Son of Isabel Montoya and nephew of Maria Martinez

Profession: Illustrator, painter, and occasional potter. Atencio worked at Los Alamos Labs most of his adult life as a medical and technical illustrator, therefore he was not a prolific painter. He was a self-taught artist.

Military: U.S. Marine Corps

Medium: Watercolor & Pottery

"Atencio's strong sense of family and tribal responsibility has resulted in his seldom venturing from his native pueblo. He experimented with adaptations of his flat style painting." (Snodgrass)

The artist believes in the traditional Indian ways and his favorite subjects were ceremonies, ceremonial figures, and scenes from Pueblo life. Much of his
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