About Jose Encarnacion Peña
Lived 1902 – 1979 (aged 76–77). Jose Encarnacion Peña was an American painter.
Jose Encarnacion Peña, also known as Encarnacion Peña, and Soqween (1902–1979) was a Native American painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. He is best known for his watercolors of Pueblo ceremonies and he was an early participant in the San Ildefonso school and later in the "Santa Fe Studio Style" art movement.
History Born in 1902 in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. His name Soqween (So Kwa Wi, So Kwa A Weh) translates to "Frost on the Mountain". His aunt was potter Maria Martinez. Renaissance Society (1958) in Chicago; Santa Fe Indian Market (1959, winning first place for painting at the Fiesta Indian Market), and many others.
Peña work is included in public museum collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cleveland Museum of Art, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian,
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Native American painter
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Jose Encarnacion Peña was born on 25 March 1902 in Pueblo de San Ildefonso.
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Jose Encarnacion Peña died in 1979.
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Jose Encarnacion Peña was a painter.
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Jose Encarnacion Peña was American.
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