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Pablita Velarde

Santa Clara Painting (loan active

2006 – Pablita Velarde was a Santa Clara Pueblo artist and one of the first Native American women to paint professionally. Her natural pigment paintings captured traditional Pueblo life and are highly respected in museums and public collections.

  • Bagshaw – My World Is Not Flat - Margarete Bagshaw (1964–2015)“My World Is Not Flat” (2011)Oil on LinenGift of Dan McGuinness, and Forrest and Helen TindelCapitol Art CollectionCapitol Art Foundation Artist Biography: Margarete Bagshaw Margarete Bagshaw was a celebrated Native American painter from Santa Clara Pueblo and part of a groundbreaking lineage of women artists. She was the daughter of renowned potter Helen…
  • Go Figure : Women Painters and the Figure - Pablita Velarde, Helen Hardin, Erin Currier, Emi Yang,Robin Jones, Kathryn Stedham, Susan Contreras,Irene Hardwicke Olivieri, and Peggy McGivern April 25 – August 22, 2025East Rotunda Gallery, State Capitol, Santa Fe, New MexicoCurated by Cynthia Sánchez, Ph.D., Director, Capitol Art Foundation, Curator, Capitol Art Collection Special thanks to: Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico &…
  • Velarde – Buffalo Who Wouldn’t Die - Buffalo Who Wouldn’t Die Pablita Velarde Created : 1959 Loaned : Medium : Mural Dimensions: 4″x16″ Located: 3rd Floor,North Main Hallway Pablita Velarde”s earth pigments on masonite mural has been on loan since 1993 The Buffalo Who Wouldn’t Die (1959)Earth pigments on masonitePablita Velarde (1918–2006)Santa FeGift of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvain Segal, Jr.Museum of Indian…
  • Montoya Rumohr – Pablita Velarde - Pablita Velarde Lois Montoya Rumohr Created : 1993 Donated : 1997 Medium : Sculpture/bronze Dimensions: 18 inx14 in Located: 3rd Floor,North Main Hallway

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