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San Ildefonso Pueblo Mimbres Quail Painting by Tony Da - C3929C
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Fri, Jun 30th 2017, 5:57pm
Tony Da was first a painter before becoming a potter. He began using casein paints in the 1950s and painted until he apprenticed to his grandmother, Maria Martinez, in the late 1960s. After 1972, he did very little painting and became a famous potter.
Tony was enchanted with the art of the Mimbres Indians of New Mexico and many of his paintings reflect that interest. This painting is an excellent example of such. It is his version of a Quail in the way a Mimbres painter might have painted it on the inside of a pottery bowl. Of course, the Mimbres only painted images in black pigment on white pottery, but Tony expanded the color palette.
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