| Architect
and author, William Spratling left a thriving artists' community
in New Orleans' French Quarter in 1928 to join a circle
of Mexican and North American intellectuals in Mexico. The
highly charged revolutionary spirit was undoubtedly part
of Spratling's decision to reopen Taxco's mines and establish
a silver industry. He asked Artmeio Navarette, a goldsmith
to help him revive centuries old but now moribund silversmithing
tradition in Taxco. Along with a group of young artisans,
they created the Taller de Las Delicias.
In
the Taller de Las Delicias, everything was manufactured
by hand and each piece was unique. The talented craftsmen
set up workshops, which produced remarkably powerful and
original silver objects, revolutionizing the art of silvermaking
in the process.
Organized
by the San Antonio Museum of Art and curated by Penny Chittim
Morrill (Newcomb BA in Art History ’69).
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