Artist

Pedro Cervántez

born Willcox, AZ 1914-died Clovis, NM 1987
Also known as
  • Pedro Cervantez
  • Pete Cervantez
  • Pete L. Cervantez
  • Pedro L. Cervantez
Born
Willcox, Arizona, United States
Died
Clovis, New Mexico, United States
Active in
  • Texico, New Mexico, United States
Biography

Pedro Cervántez was born in New Mexico in 1915. In the mid-1930s he was hired by the Works Progress Administration in New Mexico to paint reproductions of older religious images. The reproductions were distributed to schools and other local public buildings, where they could be appreciated by those who lacked access to art museums. Cervántez proved to be such a talented artist that he was given a job in the easel-painting division of the WPA Federal Art Project, where he was encouraged to paint scenes that interested him. He lives in Texico, New Mexico.

National Museum of American Art (CD-ROM) (New York and Washington D.C.: MacMillan Digital in cooperation with the National Museum of American Art, 1996)

Works by this artist (2 items)

Pedro Cervántez, View of Artist's Home, 1938, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.8.23
View of Artist’s Home
Date1938
oil on fiberboard
Not on view
Pedro Cervántez, Los Privados, 1937, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.65.13
Los Privados
Date1937
oil on fiberboard
Not on view