Artist

Amado M. Peña, Jr.

born Laredo, TX 1943
Also known as
  • Amado Maurillo Peña Jr.
  • Amado M. Pena Jr.
Born
Laredo, Texas, United States
Active in
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Works by this artist (3 items)

Miné Okubo, Wind and Dust, 1943, opaque watercolor on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2023.46.3, © 2023, The Miné Okubo Charitable Corporation
Wind and Dust
Date1943
opaque watercolor on paperboard
On view
Miné Okubo, Portrait Study, ca. 1937, tempera on hardboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2023.46.1, © 2023, The Miné Okubo Charitable Corporation
Portrait Study
Dateca. 1937
tempera on hardboard
On view
Miné Okubo, Grocer Weighing Produce, 1940, tempera on hardboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2023.46.2, © 2023, The Miné Okubo Charitable Corporation
Grocer Weighing Produce
Date1940
tempera on hardboard
On view

Videos

Exhibitions

Media - 2011.12 - SAAM-2011.12_1 - 77591
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
October 25, 2013March 2, 2014
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge.
Media - 2012.53.1 - SAAM-2012.53.1_1 - 82036
¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
November 20, 2020August 8, 2021
In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today.

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