Artist

Richard Martinez

born 1904-died 1987
Also known as
  • Opa Mu Nu
  • Ricardo Martinez
Active in
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
  • San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
Biography

Richard Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo) began to paint in 1920 and attended the Santa Fe Indian School where he took art classes with Dorothy Dunn. In 1936, he joined other artists who had attended the school in painting a series of murals for the school's student dining room.

Andrew Connors Pueblo Indian Watercolors: Learning by Looking, A Study Guide (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1993).

Works by this artist (9 items)

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De Lancey Gill, Landscape Sketch, n.d., watercolor on paperboard: illustration board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. William Henry Holmes, 1930.12.35
Landscape Sketch
Artist
Daten.d.
watercolor on paperboard: illustration board
Not on view
De Lancey Gill, Street in the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico, 1888, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum acquisition, 1955.9.1
Street in the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico
Artist
Date1888
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
De Lancey Gill, Washington, D.C., 1888, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1973.139
Washington, D.C.
Artist
Date1888
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
De Lancey Gill, Pueblo Bonito Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, 1888, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum acquisition, 1955.9.4
Pueblo Bonito Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Artist
Date1888
watercolor
Not on view