Trinidad Archuleta

{{Short description|Taos Pueblo painter (1905–1981)}}

{{Orphan|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Joe Trinidad Archuleta

|image = Trinidad Archuleta.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|09|13}}

| birth_place = Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1981|1905}}

| nationality = American, Taos Pueblo

| occupation = painter

| spouse = Rufina Romero

}}

File:Trinidad_Archuleta_-_Turtle_Dance,_Taos_Pueblo.jpeg

Joe Trinidad Archuleta (September 13, 1905 – 1981) was a Pueblo-American painter and muralist from the Taos Pueblo.{{Cite book|last=King|first=Jeanne Snodgrass|url=http://archive.org/details/americanindianpa00king|title=American Indian painters; a biographical directory|date=1968|publisher=New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation|others=Smithsonian Libraries}}{{Cite web|title=Trinidad Archuleta - Artists - The Owings Gallery|url=https://www.owingsgallery.com/artists/trinidad-archuleta/biography|access-date=2021-08-02|website=www.owingsgallery.com|language=en}} Some of his works are in the permanent collection of institutions including the Museum of New Mexico.

Archuleta was from a family of farmers. In 1922 he married Rufina Romero. He became a known painter in the Taos area, sometimes collaborating with other local artists on public murals. In middle age, Archuleta and his wife, Ruffina, spent time at the utopian D. H. Lawrence Ranch with D. H. Lawrence, along with his uncle Tony Luhan, Luhan's wife Mabel Dodge Luhan, and artist Dorothy Brett. A buffalo painting by Archuleta can be found on the west wall of the Lawrence Cabin at the Ranch.{{Cite web|title=Friends of D. H. Lawrence - Ranch Photos|url=http://www.friendsofdhlawrence.org/ranch_photos.html|access-date=2021-08-02|website=www.friendsofdhlawrence.org}} The mural depicts He also worked as a ranch hand and trail guide at the ranch.