Maria Martinez Furniture
Maria Montoya Martinez was a Native American artist who created internationally known pottery. Martinez (born Maria Poveka Montoya), her husband Julian, and other family members examined traditional Pueblo pottery styles and techniques to create pieces that reflect the Pueblo people’s legacy of fine artwork and crafts. Martinez was from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, a community located 20 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. At an early age, she learned pottery skills from her aunt recalls this learning by seeing starting at age eleven, as she watched her aunt, grandmother, and father's cousin work on their pottery during the 1890s. During this time, Spanish tinware and Anglo enamelware had become readily available in the Southwest, making the creation of traditional cooking and serving pots less necessary Traditional pottery-making techniques were being lost, but Martinez and her family experimented with different techniques and helped preserve the cultural art.
1930s American Native American Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Ceramic
1950s American Anglo-Indian Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Clay
1950s American Native American Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Maria Martinez Furniture
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Clay
Mid-20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Clay
Mid-20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Maria Martinez Furniture
Stoneware
20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Ceramic, Paint
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Pottery, Ceramic
Early 20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Wood
20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Clay
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Pottery
1990s American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Clay, Ceramic
1930s Hungarian Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Pottery
20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Clay
1960s American Native American Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Earthenware
1930s American Native American Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Earthenware
1950s American Native American Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
1950s American Native American Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Earthenware
1930s American Native American Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Earthenware
1940s American Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Ceramic