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The William Spratling Legacy / Sandy Baum

By:

Baum, Sandy

Material type: Text

TextSeries: San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--AuthorPublication details: Atglen, Pa. : Schiffer Books , c2011Description: 167 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; : 29 cmISBN:

9780764338861

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

739.23 SPR

Summary: William Spratling was a U.S. educator whose artistic impact caused a successful silver jewelry industry to arise in Taxco, Mexico, in the 1940s. This book examines Spratling's Mexican work and explores how his talent attracted the attention of the U.S. Interior Department. In 1945, he was invited to create a similar program for Alaska, where it was felt that the indigenous people needed to be encouraged for their own artistic expression and economic gain. Thirty never-before-seen Alaskan models, lost for over 50 years, have been found and now are preserved at the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of the American Indian. These and original designs for the project, made in 1949, are presented here along with Spratlings original 1945 report to the Arts and Crafts Board. Also featured are Spratlings designs that inspired a new companys formation to carry on his legacy at Taxco. Clearly, innovation in designs and inspiration for generations of new artists have risen from Spratlings work.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	739.23 SPR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		012017

Located in Gloria Grant Room - special collection of San Miguel de Allende authors.

Includes bibliographic references (p. 166) and index.

William Spratling was a U.S. educator whose artistic impact caused a successful silver jewelry industry to arise in Taxco, Mexico, in the 1940s. This book examines Spratling's Mexican work and explores how his talent attracted the attention of the U.S. Interior Department. In 1945, he was invited to create a similar program for Alaska, where it was felt that the indigenous people needed to be encouraged for their own artistic expression and economic gain. Thirty never-before-seen Alaskan models, lost for over 50 years, have been found and now are preserved at the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of the American Indian. These and original designs for the project, made in 1949, are presented here along with Spratlings original 1945 report to the Arts and Crafts Board. Also featured are Spratlings designs that inspired a new companys formation to carry on his legacy at Taxco. Clearly, innovation in designs and inspiration for generations of new artists have risen from Spratlings work.

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