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
20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Ceramic, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Maria Martinez Furniture
Pottery
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Pottery
1990s American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Ceramic, Clay
19th Century European Folk Art Antique Maria Martinez Furniture
Ceramic, Terracotta
Late 20th Century Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Organic Material
19th Century Unknown Folk Art Antique Maria Martinez Furniture
Earthenware
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Pottery
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Maria Martinez Furniture
Pottery
20th Century American Native American Maria Martinez Furniture
Clay
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