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Ignacio Moquino

Ignacio Moquino (1917 - 1972) was active/lived in New Mexico.  Ignacio Moquino is known for Folk art style Native American tribal images, painting, silversmithing.

From: American Indian Painters, Vol. 2, p. 7: Ignacio Moquino is a native of Zia. He was born in 1919. He attended the Indian School in Santa Fe, where he studies art with Miss Dorothy Dunn, later with Mrs. Montaoya. Because of his father's death, he left school to look after his family, working at shoemaking part of the time. It was then that he began his art career, designing and painting costumes for different tribal ceremonies. Hew as much interested in ancient Pueblo legends and listened attentively to the stories of long ago that his grandmother told him. He used many incidents of these stories and legends in his paintings; he also sought inspiration in the old Zia pottery designs.

He painted a mural, Harvest" for the Santa Fe Indian School, and a beautiful Crow Dance for the Federal Building on Treasure Island for the San Francisco World's Fair in 1938. His paintings are in the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.: Hilton Hotel, Albuquerque, and many co   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3243 characters.]  Artist bio

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