Romando Vigil (January 23, 1902 – 1978), also known as Tse Ye Mu, was a Native American self-taught painter and a leader in the San Ildefonso school.
Occasionally, he also created abstract and geometric scenes with symbolic iconography, as well 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.[2][3] Romando Vigil was born in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, on 23 January 1902 on the pueblo's Feast Day.
Vigil created many watercolor paintings of ceremonial dances of Pueblo men and women, animals, as well as scenes of everyday life.
[4] He often created abstract and geometric paintings that recall the work of fellow San Ildefonso school painters, Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), Richard Martinez (Opa Mu Nu), and Abel Sanchez (Oqwa Pi).
After he had been painting for many decades, Vigil moved to San Bernardino, California in the 1950s and began working as an illustrator and animator.
Moreover, he began painting his figures with disproportionately sized heads, large eyes, and bulky feet.