See the world's largest outdoor rodeo at Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming, from the 19th through the 28th of July.
Today's bucking bronco, painted by Velino Shije Herrera, is part of our collection of Pueblo Indian watercolors.
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Cheyenne Frontier Days
See the world's largest outdoor rodeo at Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming, from the 19th through the 28th of July.
Today's bucking bronco, painted by Velino Shije Herrera, is part of our collection of Pueblo Indian watercolors.
Herrera spent much of his life as a rancher and cowboy. His friends called him the "singing artist" because he was always singing as he painted. This makes sense because he was named for a bird. His Indian name was "Ma Pe Wi," which means red bird or oriole.
Source: Andrew Connors. Pueblo Indian Watercolors: Learning by Looking, A Study Guide (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1993). Also available online at http://americanart.si.edu/education/guides/pueblo/main.html
Pictured: Velino Shije Herrera, 1902–1973, Bronco Busting, about 1925–1935, gouache on paperboard, 13 13/16 x 14 11/16 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corbin-Henderson Collection, Gift of Alice H. Rossin.