Romando Vigil (Tse-Ye-Mu)

Romando Vigil, also known as Tse Ye Mu (January 23, 1902 – 1978) was a Native American self-taught painter and a leader in the San Ildefonso school. He briefly worked for Walt Disney Studios as a painter and illustrator in the 1950s.

He is known for his strong use of easy defining lines to outline his dancing figures and animals. Vigil mostly painted in watercolor, and gouache, and tempera. His paintings depict ceremonial dances and unmemorable life. Occasionally, he in addition to created abstract and geometric scenes past symbolic iconography, as without difficulty as women making pottery. Vigil’s works are in the collections of many institutions, including the National Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C.