Maria Poveka Montoya Martinez (c. 1887 – July 20, 1980) was a Puebloan artist who created internationally known pottery. [1][2] Martinez (born Maria Poveka Montoya), her husband …

Maria Montoya Martinez, a Tewa Indian of San Ildefonso Pueblo, learned to make pottery as a young girl. When Kenneth M. Chapman, an associate of Edgar L. Hewett, encouraged local …

Contemporaries and friends, potter Maria Martinez (ca. 1887–1980) and photographer Laura Gilpin (1891–1979) brought the American Southwest into focus as a culturally rich region that …

Jan 1, 2025 · Maria Martinez was an American artist who, with her husband, Julian Martinez, pioneered a pottery style comprising a black-on-black design with matte and glossy finishes. …

Born Maria Antonia Montoya, Maria Martinez became one of the best-known Native potters of the 20th century due to her excellence as a ceramist and her connections with a larger, …

Oct 5, 2013 · Maria Poveka Montoya Martinez (c. 1887 – July 20, 1980) was a Puebloan artist who created internationally known pottery. Martinez (born Maria Poveka Montoya), her …

Maria Martinez (1884 - 1980) 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. …

Mar 17, 2020 · Maria Martinez (1887-1980) is perhaps the most famous female Native American artist of the 20th century, a true matriarch of her Pueblo, and is a well-known ceramicist …

Oct 10, 2013 · Explore the rich artistic journey of Maria Martinez, a pioneering figure in the revival of Pueblo pottery in the American Southwest. Discover how southwestern artistic traditions, …

Maria Martinez is probably the most famous American Indian artist of the twentieth century. She was born in the late 1870s and produced pottery for over eighty-five years until her death in …