Geronima Cruz Montoya
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Gerónima Cruz Montoya (Photo by Clyde Mueller)
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| Born | Gerónima Cruz September 22, 1915 Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Nationality | Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, American |
| Education | The Studio |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Studio flatstyle painting |
| Awards | Santa Fe Living Treasure (2004),[1] Santa Fe Indian Market poster artist (2010) |
Gerónima Cruz Montoya (Potsunu) (September 22, 1915 – January 2, 2015 ) was an Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo artist and educator from New Mexico. She taught Native American artists at the Studio at the Santa Fe Indian School.
Early life and education
Her parents were Pablo Cruz and Crucita Trujillo, both of Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico, where she was born. Her Pueblo name is "Potsunu", meaning "shell", and it is with this name that she signs her work. Her mother was a well respected potter and it was from her that Montoya learned the basics.[2] She then studied at the Santa Fe Indian School with Dorothy Dunn, from which she graduated as the valedictorian in her class in 1935,[3] and at Claremont College.
Career
Montoya taught painting at the Santa Fe Indian School from 1937 until 1961.[3][4]
Death and legacy
Montoya died on January 2, 2015, aged 99.[3]
Further reading
- Jean Shutes and Jill Mellick, The Worlds of P'otsunu: Geronima Cruz Montoya of San Juan Pueblo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0826316431.
References
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- ↑ Heller, Jules and Nancy G, Heller, ed., “North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary” Garland Reference Library of the Humanities (Vol. 1219), Garland Publishing Company, New York & London, 1995
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- ↑ Gilbert, Dorothy B., ed., Who’s Who in American Art, The American Federation of Arts, R.R. Bowker Company, NY 1963
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