A ceremonial dancer, singer, and governor of the San Ildefonso Pueblo, Luis Gonzalez was also a potter, painter in oil and tempera, and pioneering Pueblo muralist. Among his artworks is a mural series, Pueblo of Seven Fires, at the YMCA College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Known also by the name of Wo Peen, meaning Medicine Mountain, he is considered one of the early artists that made up the "San Ildefonso School" and in the mid to late 1950s, was known for his drama (showing 500 of 1546 characters). |
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