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In this lavishly illustrated biography of silversmith and graphic artist William Spratling (1900-1967), Taylor D. Littleton reintroduces one of the most fascinating American expatriates of the early twentieth century. Best known for his revolutionary silver designs, Spratling influenced an entire generation of Mexican and American silversmiths and transformed the tiny village of Taxco into the Florence of Mexico. Littleton widens the context of Spratling''s popular reputation by examining the formative periods in his life and art that preceded his brilliant entrepreneurial experiment in the Las Delicias workshop in Taxco, which left a permanent mark on Mexico''s artistic orientation and economic life.Spratling made a fortune manufacturing and designing silver, but his true life''s work was to conserve, redeem, and interpret the ancient culture of his adopted country. He explained for North American audiences the paintings of Mexico''s modern masters and earned distinction as a learned

William Spratling His Life and Art Selected Essays in Economic and Social History Southern Biography Series

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      Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
      Publication Date: 9/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807156261, 978-0807156261
      ISBN10: 0807156264
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      Book Synopsis
      In this lavishly illustrated biography of silversmith and graphic artist William Spratling (1900-1967), Taylor D. Littleton reintroduces one of the most fascinating American expatriates of the early twentieth century. Best known for his revolutionary silver designs, Spratling influenced an entire generation of Mexican and American silversmiths and transformed the tiny village of Taxco into the Florence of Mexico. Littleton widens the context of Spratling''s popular reputation by examining the formative periods in his life and art that preceded his brilliant entrepreneurial experiment in the Las Delicias workshop in Taxco, which left a permanent mark on Mexico''s artistic orientation and economic life.Spratling made a fortune manufacturing and designing silver, but his true life''s work was to conserve, redeem, and interpret the ancient culture of his adopted country. He explained for North American audiences the paintings of Mexico''s modern masters and earned distinction as a learned

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