1. Julian Martinez, known as Pocano, was a San Ildefonso Pueblo potter, painter, and the patriarch of a family of Native American ceramic artists in the United States.
12 Facts About Julian Martinez
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Julian Martinez worked as a farmer, general laborer, and janitor, in addition to being an artist.
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Julian Martinez married matriarch potter Maria Julian Martinez, and together they had a son Popovi Da, who was a potter.
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Maria is considered the preeminent creator of San Ildefonso blackware pottery; however Julian Martinez contributed to her accomplishments.
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Julian Martinez died on March 6,1943, in San Ildefonso Pueblo.
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The Julian Martinez family was instrumental in reviving the San Ildefonso and creating the San Ildefonso black-on-black, matte-on-shiny pottery technique.
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The Julian Martinez family is credited for inventing a technique that would allow for areas of the pottery to have a matte finish and other areas to be a glossy jet black.
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Julian Martinez, with help from anthropologist, Edgar Lee Hewett researched historical designs and reproduced them on the pottery, later modifying classical Pueblo designs to create his own.
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Julian Martinez painted scenes of Pueblo rituals as well as abstract designs with colored pencil and watercolor, and featured Western figurative types against blank backgrounds.
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Julian Martinez painted murals at the former Santa Fe Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
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Julian Martinez was part of an art movement called the San Ildefonso Self-Taught Group, which included such noted artists as Alfonso Roybal, Tonita Pena, Abel Sanchez, Crecencio Julian Martinez, and Encarnacion Pena.
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The artwork of Maria and Julian Martinez can be found in the following public collections.