Artist

Tonita Peña

Portrait of Tonita Peña

Pueblo, 1893–1949

Tonita Peña was a Pueblo artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Tonita Peña was born in Real Sitio de San Ildefonso.

Tonita Peña born as Quah Ah but also used the name Tonita Vigil Peña and María Antonia Tonita Peña. Peña was a renowned Pueblo artist, specializing in pen and ink on paper embellished with watercolor. She was a well-known and influential Native American artist and art teacher of the early 1920s and 1930s.

Collections represented

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