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Birth
1908 (Bisbee, Arizona)
Death
1964 (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Lived/Active
New Mexico
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hispanic mod-folk sculptor
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Taos Pre 1940
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Patrociño Barela emerged in 1936 as one of America's most important artists when he was featured in a show of Federal Art Project artists in New York's Museum of Modern Art. He was the first Mexican-American artist to receive such a high degree of recognition. His carvings in native juniper wood depict deep psychological and mystical insights into the human condition.
The poet William Carlos Williams wrote of Barela,"... for wholehearted depth of purpose his figures have a comme (showing 500 of 5848 characters). |
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