Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
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.
1950s American Anglo-Indian Vintage Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Clay
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Pottery
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Pottery
19th Century European Folk Art Antique Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Ceramic, Terracotta
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Metal
Late 20th Century Mexican Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Pottery
19th Century European Folk Art Antique Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French Antique Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Stoneware
18th Century Spanish Antique Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Terracotta
2010s Danish Modern Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Steel, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Pottery
1940s American Vintage Maria Martinez Decorative Objects
Ceramic