About Isabel Montoya
Lived 1899 – 1996 (aged 96–97). Isabel Montoya was an artist, painting and pottery.
Isabel M. Montoya Atencio (1899–1996) was a San Ildefonso Pueblo painter and potter. Her siblings included Rayita Montoya, Santana Montoya, and Alfredo Montoya (the first husband of Tonita Roybal).
Montoya married Benjamin Atencio circa 1925 and had five children, all of whom were painters or potters: Tony, Gilbert Benjamin, Pat, Helen Gutierrez and Angelita Sanchez.
She studied at the Santa Fe Indian School, and is known for her pencil and crayon sketches,
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Who was Isabel Montoya?
San Ildefonso Pueblo painter
When was Isabel Montoya born?
Isabel Montoya was born in 1899.
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Isabel Montoya died in 1996.
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Isabel Montoya was an artist, painting and pottery.
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Isabel Montoya's recorded nationality: San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico.
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