Birth Name: | Augustine Andres Abeyta |
Birth Place: | Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico |
Nationality: | American, Tesuque Puebloan (Tewa) |
Augustine Abeyta (–1971) was a Puebloan-American painter from Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico. In October 1937, his work was exhibited at the American Indian Exposition and Congress in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1] Abeyta was the son of Julio Abeyta, a silversmith and one-time governor of Tesuque Pueblo, and the brother of Crucita Abeyta, a potter known for her jars and bowls.[2]