Geronima Cruz Montoya

Geronima Cruz Montoya

Gerónima Cruz Montoya (Photo by Clyde Mueller)
Born Gerónima Cruz
(1915-09-22)September 22, 1915
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
Died January 2, 2015(2015-01-02) (aged 99)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nationality Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, American
Education The Studio
Known for Painting
Movement Studio flatstyle painting
Awards Santa Fe Living Treasure (2004),[1] Santa Fe Indian Market poster artist (2010)

Gerónima Cruz Montoya (Potsunu) (September 22, 1915 – January 2, 2015 ) was an Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo artist and educator from New Mexico. She taught Native American artists at the Studio at the Santa Fe Indian School.

Early life and education

Her parents were Pablo Cruz and Crucita Trujillo, both of Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico, where she was born. Her Pueblo name is "Potsunu", meaning "shell", and it is with this name that she signs her work. Her mother was a well respected potter and it was from her that Montoya learned the basics.[2] She then studied at the Santa Fe Indian School with Dorothy Dunn, from which she graduated as the valedictorian in her class in 1935,[3] and at Claremont College.

Career

Montoya taught painting at the Santa Fe Indian School from 1937 until 1961.[3][4]

Death and legacy

Montoya died on January 2, 2015, aged 99.[3]

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Geronima Cruz Montoya". Santa Fe Living Treasures: Elder Stories. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Heller, Jules and Nancy G, Heller, ed., “North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary” Garland Reference Library of the Humanities (Vol. 1219), Garland Publishing Company, New York & London, 1995
  3. 1 2 3 "Artist Gerónima Cruz Montoya (P´otsúnú) Walks On at 99". Native News Online. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Gilbert, Dorothy B., ed., Who’s Who in American Art, The American Federation of Arts, R.R. Bowker Company, NY 1963


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