Renowned artist sells artifacts, donates paintings to Alamo

Alamo acquires collection of mission-era artifacts that it will begin exhibiting next year

Longtime Bexar County collectors Louise Yena and husband, artist Donald Yena, stand next to items recently purchased by the Texas General Land Office in the Alamo Church on Friday.

His wife, Louise Yena, 87, favored a Spanish powder horn with a gold-inlay crucifix and a Spanish miquelet pistol with ornate decorations that included a double eagle, symbolic of Spain’s Habsburg monarchy. Donald Yena said he and his wife consider it an honor “beyond belief” to have the collection in the care of the mission and battle site, where it will be seen by “visitors from around the world.”Donald Yena grew up in Castroville and began collecting artifacts with his wife in the 1950s, using them for accuracy and detail in his artwork. Louise Yena is a San Antonio native, former elementary school teacher and author of “The Handbook of Antique Coffee and Tea Collectibles.

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