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Maria Martinez Biography and San Ildefonso Pottery


Maria Martinez | Biography, Pottery, & Facts | Britannica

Maria Martinez (born 1887?, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S.—died July 20, 1980, San Ildefonso Pueblo) was an American artist who, with her husband, ...

Maria Martinez | Artist Profile | NMWA

Artist Details · Name. Maria Martinez · Birth. San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1887 · Death. San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1980 · Phonetic ...

Maria Martinez Biography and San Ildefonso Pottery

Maria Martinez Biography: Few craft artists, Native American or otherwise, can claim worldwide fame and appreciation, but these accompanied the life of ...

Maria Martinez | Smithsonian American Art Museum

Although Julian Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo) created many paintings on paper, he is best known for his collaborations with his wife, the potter Maria ...

Maria Martinez (1887-1980) Biography - Medicine Man Gallery

... potter Maria Martinez of San Ildefonso Pueblo. Through her hard work and ... Maria's fascination with pottery-making started at a young age, when she ...

The Art, Life, and Legacy of Maria Martinez - Incollect

She began experimenting with pottery in the early 1910s, when most San Ildefonso Pueblo potters were still making the traditional black-on-red ceramic wares.

Maria Martinez - Wikipedia

Maria Poveka Montoya Martinez ( c. 1887 – July 20, 1980) was a Puebloan artist who created internationally known pottery. Martinez (born Maria Poveka ...

Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo Potter - Adobe Gallery

Maria Martinez of San Ildefonso Pueblo is probably the most famous of all pueblo potters. She and her husband, Julian, discovered in 1918 how to produce the ...

Maria Martinez - San Ildefonso Pueblo Potter - King Galleries

Maria Martinez is undoubtedly one of the best-known and most influential Native potters of the 1900s. She became famous for her creative pottery and traveling ...

About Maria Martinez - MariaMartinezPottery.com

Of Tewa heritage of the San Ildefonso Pueblo in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, Maria Martinez became world-renowned for her black-on-black pottery.

Maria Martinez: The Legendary Potter of San Ildefonso Pueblo

Maria grew up watching Nicolasa make pottery, and at age seven or eight she learned to pinch small lumps of clay into the shapes of dishes she used for play.

San Ildefonso - Maria Martinez - Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery

She shaped her pots the age-old way, by carefully hand-coiling and pinching the clay, then smoothing the inner and outer surfaces with gourd scrapers. Early on ...

Maria Martinez Pottery | San Ildefonso Pueblo | Biography

Maria Martinez Biography - Pottery and matriarch of the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico known around the world for here black-on-black pottery with her ...

Maria Poveka Martinez - The Marks Project

Maria Martinez learned pottery techniques by watching her aunt Nicolasa Pena make pots. She is known for black on black highly burnished traditional Native ...

Maria Martinez - Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery

Undoubtedly the world's most famous Native American potter, Maria Montoya Martinez was born in the Tewa pueblo of San Ildefonso around 1887. As she grew up, ...

Learn about the blackware pottery by Maria Martinez

Maria Martinez (1887-1980) is perhaps the most famous female Native American artist of the 20th century, a true matriarch of her Pueblo, and is ...

Maria Martinez - Four Winds Gallery

Born of the Tewa tribe in San Ildefonso Pueblo in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Maria found her passion at an early age. She began watching her aunt, Tia Nicolasa, make ...

Maria Martinez Pottery – Maria Martinez Legendary Potter of San ...

Maria Martinez the San Ildefonso potter is considered to be the most famous Pueblo potter. She worked with her husband Julian who was a renowned painter.

Maria Montoya Martinez - Atomic Heritage Foundation

Maria Martinez (1887-1980) was a Tewa, Native American potter who ... San Ildefonso Pueblo, Martinez began practicing pottery at a young age, initially…

Plate | Denver Art Museum

Maria Martinez is probably the most famous American Indian artist of the twentieth century. She was born in the late 1870s and produced pottery for over eighty- ...