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1940 San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico - 2008 San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Known for: Polychrome ceramics-inlaid turquoise, painting.
Tony Da descended from a most talented family of potters at San Ildefonso Pueblo. His father, Popovi Da, was one of the first pueblo potters to break with tradition and create something other than... Read full biography
Tony Da descended from a most talented family of potters at San Ildefonso Pueblo. His father, Popovi Da, was one of the first pueblo potters to break with tradition and create something other than black-on-black pottery. Likewise, his grandparents, Maria and Julian Martinez, were even more ahead of... Read full biography
Tony Da descended from a most talented family of potters at San Ildefonso Pueblo. His father, Popovi Da, was one of the first pueblo potters to break with tradition and create something other than black-on-black pottery. Likewise, his grandparents, Maria and Julian Martinez, were even more ahead of their time when, in the early 1900s, they broke with tradition when they created the now-famous black-on-black pottery, breaking away at that time from the polychrome wares that were traditional.... Read full biography
Tony Da descended from a most talented family of potters at San Ildefonso Pueblo. His father, Popovi Da, was one of the first pueblo potters to break with tradition and create something other than black-on-black pottery. Likewise, his grandparents, Maria and Julian Martinez, were even more ahead of their time when, in the early 1900s, they broke with tradition when they created the now-famous black-on-black pottery, breaking away at that time from the polychrome wares that were traditional. With such a talented family, Tony was destined to be talented and famous, and certainly he was. Maria and Julian were the first to transform everyday utilitarian pottery into non-functional works-of-art pottery when they fully developed the... Read full biography
Tony Da descended from a most talented family of potters at San Ildefonso Pueblo. His father, Popovi Da, was one of the first pueblo potters to break with tradition and create something other than black-on-black pottery. Likewise, his grandparents, Maria and Julian Martinez, were even more ahead of their time when, in the early 1900s, they broke with tradition when they created the now-famous black-on-black pottery, breaking away at that time from the polychrome wares that were traditional. With such a talented family, Tony was destined to be talented and famous, and certainly he was. Maria and Julian were the first to transform everyday utilitarian pottery into non-functional works-of-art pottery when they fully developed the black-on-black wares around 1925. Following his father's death in 1943, Popovi Da began assisting Maria, and by the 1950s he began infusin... Read full biography
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Keywords (12)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Art Pottery
- •Casein
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
Art Subject
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Indian, Native American