{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1315","title":"Circa 1935-1948 Matilde Poulat Repousse Sterling Black Cat's Eye pin","description":"Circa 1935-1948 Matilde Poulat Repousse Sterling Black Cat's Eye pin. Great pin\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;with no issues 1.75\" 18.7 grams. -Anderas-\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;MAT-MATILDE POULAT \u0026amp; RICARDO SALAS JEWELRY\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Matl is the mark that appears on some of the most beautiful and unique jewelry\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;in Mexico.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Matilde Eugenia Poulat introduced MATL in 1934 and, since her death in 1960, her\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;designs and techniques have been carried on by her nephew, Ricardo Salas. For\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;sr. Salas, who can recite poetry in the language of the Aztecs, the mark matl,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;has greater meaning in its reference to the Nahuatl or Aztec word for water,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;atl.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;As a young woman, Matilde Poulat studied painting at the prestigious San Carlos\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;academy of fine arts in Mexico city, she went on to teach painting classes at an\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;art school until her interest turned exclusively to silver. Matilde Poulat´s\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;designs for jewelry and figures were part of the new cultural vision among\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Mexico’s intellectuals after the revolution in 1920s, artists were searching for\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Mexican aesthetic, rejection European subjects in favor of the art of the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;pre-conquest Indians and of the Mexican pueblos. Sra. Poulat found inspiration\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;in the mextec gold jewelry discovered in 1932 at Monte Alban. Her choice of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;motifs the dove, flowers, and tiny bells are reminiscent of the whimsical\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;subjects of contemporary Mexican folk art.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Matilde Poulat received international recognition for her jewelry when she was\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;asked in 1941 to participate in an exhibit of Latin American silver at the pan\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;American union in Washington, D.C. as a result of increasing demand for matl\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;silver during world war ii , the number of silversmiths in the taller increased\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;to thirty-three. In 1950, Srta. Poulat and her nephew opened a showroom on the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;first floor of her home, where she also had the workshop. Ricardo Salas recalls\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;that they made three thousand types of silver jewelry and one hundred different\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;pieces.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Ricardo Salas worked closely with his aunt from the time he was eleven years of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;age. He says she recognized his artistic talent when she saw him do a play with\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;puppets he had made himself. Sr. Salas was sent to the San Carlos academy, where\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;he received the premio Diego Rivera. As a youth, he learned the techniques of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the silversmith and perfected the carving of \"Off White\", coral, turquoise, and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;other stones used in the jewelry and figurines. From sr. Salas perspective, he\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and his aunt collaborated so closely as designers, that there really cannot be a\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;comparison of their work.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In 1955, William Spratling wrote of Matilde Poulat: “she has continued to\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;produce some of the most charming native jewelry in Mexico, intensely her own.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Her jewelry has the same charm and delightful surface and colorful quality of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the old lacquer work of Uruapan. Spratling`s admiration for matl silver reflects\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;his recognition of their shared appreciation for Mexican native art. This mutual\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;inspiration led each of the two artists in different directions within the same\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;medium. The exuberance of matl silver resembles the interiors of the churches in\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Puebla, like the chapel of Santa Maria Tonantzintla, where Indians covered the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;interior of the dome with polychromed and gilded angels. In matl silver, the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;introduction of color is accomplished with bits of coral, turquoise, and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;amethyst quartz. The surfaces are decorated with applied wire and elaborated\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;with embossing and repousse of astounding complexity (pl.XXIII-1, XXIII-10).\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Matilde Poulat and Ricardo Salas have been successful in incorporating the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;artistic language of the Mixtecs into jewelry and silver figures with\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;imagination, drama, and with a style that is completely personal.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46810350878936,"sku":"16738699480_F42F","price":280.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/circa-1935-1948-matilde-poulat-repousse-sterling-black-cats-eye-pinestate-fresh-austin-583143.png?v=1757942010","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/es\/products\/estatefreshaustincom-1315","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}