Elizabeth Willis DeHuff
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Elizabeth Willis DeHuff was an American painter, teacher, playwright, and children's book writer. She was an important contributor to the development of Native American easel painting in the 1920s and
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Awa Tsireh
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Awa Tsireh, also known as Alfonso Roybal and Cattail Bird, was a San Ildefonso Pueblo painter and artist in several genres including metalwork. He was part of the art movement known as the San Ildefon
Elizabeth Willis DeHuff
…that of painting, starting from inside her own home. Her students included Fred Kabotie (Hopi), Otis Polelonema (Hopi), Velino Shije Herrera (Zuni), Awa Tsireh (San Ildefonso Pueblo), and others. Her teaching of painting to these students has been described as a seminal event in the development of the "Southwest…
Photo postcard of Awa Tsireh in Plains Indian attire, ca 1930s, at Manitou, Colorado.
"Eagle with Snake", circa 1927. This painting was in the collection of William and Alice Corbin Henderson. The artist's access to the Hendersons' art books may have influenced this and other of his works.
Four silver pins made by Awa Tsireh in the 1930s while he was working at Garden of the Gods Trading Post.