Martina Vigil Montoya (1856–1916) was a Native American ceramics painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. She frequently collaborated with her husband and partner Florentino Montoya. They introduced new techniques and materials to other potters. Julian Martinez often copied their designs and in 1895 Maria Martinez called Martina the finest contemporary potter. They moved from San Ildefonso to Cochiti Pueblo, the birthplace of Martina's father, between 1902 and 1905. While the bentonite slip employed in Cochiti pottery gave it a soapy appearance, Southwestern ceramics expert Jonathan Batkin considers the Montoyas' work from this period to be stylistically San Ildefonso. She's known for being the primary instructor of her niece

Tonita Peña Tonita Peña (born May 10, 1893 in San Ildefonso – died September 9, 1949 in Santo Domingo Pueblo) born as Quah Ah (meaning white coral beads) but also used the name Tonita Vigil Peña and María Antonia Tonita Peña. Peña was a renowned Pueb ...

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in Fenimore Art Museum
Polychrome wedding vessel
at Adobe Gallery {{DEFAULTSORT:Montoya, Martina Vigil 1856 births 1916 deaths People from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico Native American painters Native American potters Pueblo artists Native American women artists Ceramics decorators 20th-century indigenous painters of the Americas 20th-century American women artists American women ceramists American ceramists American women painters 20th-century Native Americans 20th-century Native American women 19th-century Native Americans 19th-century Native American women

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