{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2022","title":"c1940's Matilde Poulat screw back earrings","description":"c1940's Matilde Poulat screw back earrings 1.25\" x 1\" with no issues. 14.8  grams.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMAT-MATILDE POULAT \u0026amp; RICARDO SALAS JEWELRY\nMatl is the mark that appears on some of the most beautiful and unique jewelry\nin Mexico.\nMatilde Eugenia Poulat introduced MATL in 1934 and, since her death in 1960, her\ndesigns and techniques have been carried on by her nephew, Ricardo Salas. For\nsr. Salas, who can recite poetry in the language of the Aztecs, the mark matl,\nhas greater meaning in its reference to the Nahuatl or Aztec word for water,\natl.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young woman, Matilde Poulat studied painting at the prestigious San Carlos\nacademy of fine arts in Mexico city, she went on to teach painting classes at an\nart school until her interest turned exclusively to silver. Matilde Poulat´s\ndesigns for jewelry and figures were part of the new cultural vision among\nMexico’s intellectuals after the revolution in 1920s, artists were searching for\nMexican aesthetic, rejection European subjects in favor of the art of the\npre-conquest Indians and of the Mexican pueblos. Sra. Poulat found inspiration\nin the mextec gold jewelry discovered in 1932 at Monte Alban. Her choice of\nmotifs the dove, flowers, and tiny bells are reminiscent of the whimsical\nsubjects of contemporary Mexican folk art.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatilde Poulat received international recognition for her jewelry when she was\nasked in 1941 to participate in an exhibit of Latin American silver at the pan\nAmerican union in Washington, D.C. as a result of increasing demand for matl\nsilver during world war ii , the number of silversmiths in the taller increased\nto thirty-three. In 1950, Srta. Poulat and her nephew opened a showroom on the\nfirst floor of her home, where she also had the workshop. Ricardo Salas recalls\nthat they made three thousand types of silver jewelry and one hundred different\npieces.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRicardo Salas worked closely with his aunt from the time he was eleven years of\nage. He says she recognized his artistic talent when she saw him do a play with\npuppets he had made himself. Sr. Salas was sent to the San Carlos academy, where\nhe received the premio Diego Rivera. As a youth, he learned the techniques of\nthe silversmith and perfected the carving of \"Off White\", coral, turquoise, and\nother stones used in the jewelry and figurines. From sr. Salas perspective, he\nand his aunt collaborated so closely as designers, that there really cannot be a\ncomparison of their work.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1955, William Spratling wrote of Matilde Poulat: “she has continued to\nproduce some of the most charming native jewelry in Mexico, intensely her own.\nHer jewelry has the same charm and delightful surface and colorful quality of\nthe old lacquer work of Uruapan. Spratling`s admiration for matl silver reflects\nhis recognition of their shared appreciation for Mexican native art. This mutual\ninspiration led each of the two artists in different directions within the same\nmedium. The exuberance of matl silver resembles the interiors of the churches in\nPuebla, like the chapel of Santa Maria Tonantzintla, where Indians covered the\ninterior of the dome with polychromed and gilded angels. In matl silver, the\nintroduction of color is accomplished with bits of coral, turquoise, and\namethyst quartz. The surfaces are decorated with applied wire and elaborated\nwith embossing and repousse of astounding complexity (pl.XXIII-1, XXIII-10).\nMatilde Poulat and Ricardo Salas have been successful in incorporating the\nartistic language of the Mixtecs into jewelry and silver figures with\nimagination, drama, and with a style that is completely personal.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46847523881176,"sku":"17227956277_238D","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/c1940s-matilde-poulat-screw-back-earringsestate-fresh-austin-593899.png?v=1757932813","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/th\/products\/estatefreshaustincom-2022","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}