biography of Patrocinio BARELA (1908-1964)

Birth place: Bisbee, AZ

Death place: Canon, NM

Addresses: Taos, NM

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Self-taught

Exhibited: MoMA, 1936; WFNY, 1939; AIC, 1940.

Work: Univ. Mus., Phila.

Comments: Barela began carving religious figures in wood in 1931 and worked with the WPA/FAP from 1936-43. He died in a studio fire.

Sources: WW40; Fort, The Figure in American Sculpture, 176 (w/repro.)

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