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Louis (Wo Peen) Gonzales (1907 - 1990) was active/lived in New Mexico.  Louis Gonzales is known for Mural and Indian motif easel painting, pottery, singing.

A ceremonial dancer, singer, and governor of the San Ildefonso Pueblo, Luis Gonzalez was also a potter, painter in oil and tempera, and pioneering Pueblo muralist.  Among his artworks is a mural series, Pueblo of Seven Fires, at the YMCA College in Springfield, Massachusetts. 

Known also by the name of Wo Peen, meaning Medicine Mountain, he is considered one of the early artists that made up the "San Ildefonso School" and in the mid to late 1950s, was known for his dramatic paintings of powerful horses.

From 1944 to 1945, he was Governor of his Pueblo, although he lived much of his life in Santa Fe.

He was a model for sculptor Philip Sears, also did pottery demonstrations.  By the late 1960s, he had ceased painting, having lost his right hand in a hunting accident.

Source:
Paul and Kathleen Nickens, Pueblo Indians of New Mexico
Patrick Lester, The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters   ...  [Displaying 981 of 1530 characters.]  Artist bio

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11 Book References for Louis Gonzales
Year Author Title Pages Color
2008 Nickens, Paul and Kathleen Pueblo Indians of New Mexico Postcard History Series 127 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1997 Brody, J J Pueblo Indian Painting Tradition and Modernism in New Mexico 1900-1930 225 Yes
1995 Lester, Patrick D. The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters 701 No
1981 King, Jeanne Snodgrass Native American Painting 0 No
1980 Tanner, Clara Lee Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art 477 Yes
1974 New Mexico, Museum of Fine Art Handbook of the Collections Museum of Fine Arts 192 Yes
1973 Clara Lee Tanner Southwest Indian Painting A Changing Art 2 No
1968 Dunn, Dorothy American Indian Painting of the Southwest and Plains Areas 429 Yes
1968 Snodgrass, Jeanne O. American Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory 269 No
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