Artist

Louis Naranjo

born Cochiti Pueblo, NM 1932-died Cochiti Pueblo, NM 1997
Born
Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
Died
Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
Biography

Louis Naranjo grew up in the pueblo of Cochiti, a small village in New Mexico where he learned how to make pottery from his mother. He worked with his wife, Virginia, creating figures and animals while they sat around their dining room table. They used clay from the hills around their home and applied clay slips and beeweed juice to create different colors. (Charles Rosenak, "The Storytellers," Indians of New Mexico, 1990)

Works by this artist (12 items)

Oscar R. Castillo, Carmen Zapata on the Set of PBS Series Villa Alegre, 1974, printed 2012, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.51.7, © 2012, Oscar R. Castillo
Carmen Zapata on the Set of PBS Series Villa Alegre
Date1974, printed 2012
inkjet print
Not on view
Oscar R. Castillo, '47 Chevy in Wilmington, California, 1972, printed 2012, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.51.2, © 2012, Oscar R. Castillo
47 Chevy in Wilmington, California
Date1972, printed 2012
inkjet print
Not on view
Oscar R. Castillo, Plaza de la Raza, 1970, printed 2012, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.51.10, © 2012, Oscar R. Castillo
Plaza de la Raza
Date1970, printed 2012
inkjet print
Not on view