Miniature Painting of San Ildefonso Pueblo Corn Dance by J. D. Roybal [SOLD]

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J.D. Roybal, San Ildefonso Pueblo Painter

Roybal grew up under the artistic influence of his well-known uncle Awa Tsireh. Early in his education, he studied at St. Catherine’s School in Santa Fe and at the Business College of Santa Fe. In the early 1950s he and Julia were married and it was then that he started producing pueblo dance designs on hand-painted Christmas cards. By 1955 he was seriously painting larger works and recognition for his talents came from the Heard Museum in Phoenix and the Philbrook in Oklahoma. He received a consistent string of first prizes in painting for each year since the Eight Northern Pueblos Arts and Crafts Shows began.

Roybal was very good at illustrating traditional dance figures such as this male and female being led by a Koshari performing at a Corn Dance. The costuming detail is quite remarkable and the facial expressions reflect the seriousness of the dance.

Condition: The painting is in original condition.

Provenance: From the personal collection of Frances Balcomb, owner of Balcomb’s Gallery, at one time located in Arizona, then Taos, Gallup, and Albuquerque, but closed since 1976.

J.D. Roybal, San Ildefonso Pueblo Painter
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