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Ceramic dish / Plato de cerámica. Alfar Santa Catalina (propietario/owner: Pedro de la Cal Rubio), Puente del Arzobispo, Toledo, España.

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Santa Catalina Cerámica Regional

Pedro de la Cal Rubio (1907-2000)

Owner, Santa Catalina Cerámica Regional

Puente del Arzobispo, Toledo, Spain

 

Pedro de la Cal is credited with reviving the ceramics industry in the town of Puente del Arzobispo. His grandfather and father were both potters and he was instructed in the art at an early age. In his youth, he would go into nearby areas to collect plants and minerals for his pigments, which were then prepared in the courtyard of his house, and ground and mixed in a mill that was powered by a donkey. Greens and yellows predominate in his artwork in a style that was characteristic of ceramics in Puente in the late 18th and 19th centuries.

(Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico)

 

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Santa Catalina Cerámica Regional

Pedro de la Cal Rubio (1907-2000)

Propietario, Santa Catalina Cerámica Regional

Puente del Arzobispo, Toledo, España

 

A Pedro de la Cal se le acredita por revivir la industria de la cerámica en la población de Puente del Arzobispo. Tanto su abuelo como su padre fueron loceros y lo instruyeron en el arte desde una temprana edad. En su juventud, exploraba las zonas aledañas donde coleccionaba plantas y minerales para hacer sus propios pigmentos, los cuales se preparaban en el patio de su casa en un molino impulsado por una mula. Los verdes y amarillos predominan en sus obras con un estilo característico de la cerámica en Puente a fines del siglo XVIII y durante el siglo XIX.

(Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico)

 

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