Amado Maurilio Peña Collection
Scope and Contents Note
Organized into four series: 1) Original Paintings or Drawings, 2) Silkscreen Prints, 3) Photomechanical Prints/Posters, and 4) Information about Amado Maurilio Peña.
The collection includes ten watercolor drawings and screen prints from Mexican American artist Amado Maurilio Peña.
Dates
- Creation: 1974-1976
- Creation: 1983
- Creation: 1990
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Sketch
Amado Maurilio Peña was born in 1943 and raised in Laredo, Texas. He earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas Arts & Industry University in Kingsville, Texas, and taught art in the Texas schools. He established El Taller Gallery in Austin in 1980, and later opened other galleries in northern New Mexico, where he built close ties with the artistic community. His work is inspired by his Mexican and Yaqui Indian heritage.
Full Extent
5.5 linear feet
Abstract
A collection of watercolor and ink drawings and screen prints from Amado Maurilio Peña.
Acquisition Information
Information of acquisition method not available.
Processing Information
Previous description by Angie Quirós, Mexican American Library Project, 1975.
Finding aid inventory updated, 2025.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Amado Maurilio Peña Collection
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Described by Angie Quirós, Mexican American Library Project
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- March 2006: Collection re-housed and described in EAD finding aid.
- 2021 May: Edited by D Ryan Lynch to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 January: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to update inventory with screen prints and documentation information.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
- 2026: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu