Gorky Gonzalez Large Snack Tray

Born in 1939 in Morelia, Mexico, Gorky Gonzalez pursued the arts, with a focus in the 1960s on reviving traditional Colonial Majolica, a style of double-glaze pottery originating in Italy and prominent during Spanish colonization. Gorky viewed Majolica as a vital cultural and historical art form. In 1965, with his wife Toshiko, he established a ceramic workshop dedicated to traditional Majolica. Almost five decades later, Gorky Gonzalez Traditional Pottery is still synonymous with quality and authenticity. The studio is a leading ceramic workshop in Mexico, and in 1992, Gorky received Mexico's National Award for Science and Arts in Popular Art and Traditions.