New Mexico. 1904 - 2001
Polished blackware Indian pottery-bearpaw design
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1887 San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico - 1980 San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Known for: Pueblo motif black pottery.
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. "This process involved burying the unfinished... Read full biography
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. "This process involved burying the unfinished pot in a fire in the ground, covered tightly with sheep or cow dung for fuel. The amount of air... Read full biography
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. "This process involved burying the unfinished pot in a fire in the ground, covered tightly with sheep or cow dung for fuel. The amount of air reaching the pottery determined whether the clay remained red or instead turned completely black." (Gibson/Michnovicz, 91) . Her pottery was first exhibited beyond her pueblo at the St. Louis World's... Read full biography
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. "This process involved burying the unfinished pot in a fire in the ground, covered tightly with sheep or cow dung for fuel. The amount of air reaching the pottery determined whether the clay remained red or instead turned completely black." (Gibson/Michnovicz, 91) . Her pottery was first exhibited beyond her pueblo at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, and many decades later at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, and the Heard Museum in Phoenix. She learned to make pots as a child from her aunt, Tia Nicolasa, and began with clay dishes she made... Read full biography
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. "This process involved burying the unfinished pot in a fire in the ground, covered tightly with sheep or cow dung for fuel. The amount of air reaching the pottery determined whether the clay remained red or instead turned completely black." (Gibson/Michnovicz, 91) . Her pottery was first exhibited beyond her pueblo at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, and many decades later at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, and the Heard Museum in Phoenix. She learned to make pots as a child from her aunt, Tia Nicolasa, and began with clay dishes she made for her playhouse. In 1908, New Mexico archaeologist Dr. Edgar Hewett asked her to put some shards toge... Read full biography
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New Mexico. 1897 - 1943
Abstract animal-figure painting and pottery design motifs
New Mexico. 1918 - 2006
Painting-genre, Indian figure, animal-design
New Mexico. 1923 - 1971
Black pottery, Indian symbolic painting
Arizona. 1904 - 1987
Tewa Indian motif pottery vessels
New Mexico. 1940 - 2008
Polychrome ceramics-inlaid turquoise, painting
New Mexico, Arizona. Born 1950
Mod Indian motif painting-abstraction and realism
New Mexico, Arizona. 1921 - 1956
Indian genre painting, symbolism
Arizona, New Mexico. 1914 - 2012
Genre-Indian, wildlife, and mural painting, silkscreen
New York, New Mexico. 1887 - 1969
Portrait-Indian, landscape, mural
Arizona. Born 1928
Hopi-Tewa pottery and painting, teaching
Texas, Oklahoma. Born 1938
Western theme painting, saddle design and making
New Mexico. 1887/1909 - 1909/2002
Collaborative pottery
New Mexico. 1887/1879 - 1980/1943
Pottery
Arizona. Born 1940
Sculptor-Indian figure
New Mexico, Alberta / Canada. Born 1953
Western figure-genre, landscape and wildlife painting
New Mexico, Missouri. 1905 - 1988
Landscape, floral outdoor, figure and mural painting
Texas, New Mexico. Born 1944
Texas landscape, wildlife, portraits, European subjects
New Mexico. 1922 - 1978
Native American pottery and painting-Tewa clowns
New Mexico. Born 1965
Abstract Indian figure-motifs
New Mexico. Born 1915
Storyteller figure
New Mexico. 1887/1992 - 1980
Collaborative pottery
New Mexico, California. 1914 - 1994
Indian figure sculpture, painting
New Mexico, Arizona, California / Sweden. 1892 - 1944
Southwestern landscape painting-trees, mesas and mountains
Colorado, Arizona. 1859 - 1939
Etchings and paintings-desert landscape, botanical
New Mexico, Colorado. 1930 - 1995
Illustrator, ceramist, painter
New Mexico, California. 1903 - 1996
Painted etchings-southwest subjects
Colorado, Tennessee. Born 1938
Figure, portrait, western genre
New Mexico, New York. 1871 - 1955
Lithography, Indian pueblo genre painting
New Mexico / Germany. 1907 - 1990
Pastel paintings of American southwest landscapes
New Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada. 1861 - 1962
Desert landscape and Indian portrait and genre painting
New Mexico, New York, Colorado. 1897 - 1995
Portrait and animal painting, sculpture, textile design