Julian Martinez

Julian Martinez, also known as Pacano, (1879-1943) was a Native American potter. Born on the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, Martinez was instrumental in reviving the black San Ildefonzo pottery and Santa Clara blackware pottery traditions. [ [http://www.drloriv.com/lectures/martinez.asp "Maria & Julian Martinez Pottery"] . Masterpiece Technologies. Retrieved 11/13/07.] Julian researched traditional designs and reproduced them on the pottery, later modifying traditional designs to create his own. His work is displayed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum [ [http://americanart.si.edu/search/search_artworks1.cfm?StartRow=1&ConID=3141&format=short&db=onlyart&LastName=&FirstName=&Title=&Accession=&Keyword= Julian Martinez] , Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 11/13/07.] , as well as numerous other museums and galleries around the world. [ [http://wwar.com/masters/m/martinez-julian.html Julian Martinez] . Worldwide Arts Resources. Retrieved 11/13/07.]

Martinez is credited for inventing a revolutionary technique that would allow for areas of the pottery to have a matte finish and other areas to be a glossy jet black. [Sublette, M.J. [ "Maria Martinez and San Ildefonso Pottery"] , Medicine Man Gallery, Inc. Retrieved 11/13/07.] Pacano, which means "The Coming of the Spirits" in the Tewa language, was also a painter in his own right. [ [http://americanart.si.edu/education/guides/pueblo/pueblo_bios.cfm#julian "Julian Martinez Biography"] Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 11/13/07.] He painted Pueblo rituals and abstract designs with colored pencil and watercolor, and featured Western figurative types against blank backgrounds. [ [http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=13825 Julian Martinez] . Retrieved 11/7/07.]

His wife, Maria, is viewed as a preeminent potter and Native American artist.

ee also

* List of Native American artists
* Native American pottery

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