Antonio Prieto

Biography to Display:

1912 Born Yaldepenas, Spain

1967 Died Oakland, California

EDUCATION

1943-1946 New York State College of Ceramic Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1946-1950 Faculty, California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), Oakland, California

1950-1967 Faculty, Mills College, Oakland, California

BIOGRAPHY

Antonio Prieto produced a large body of functional work using stoneware and porcelain.

An influential teacher Robert Arneson was one of his most well-known students. Prieto built a ceramics collection at the Mills College Art Museum. After his death many of his former students made gifts of their work to the Antonio Prieto Memorial Collection.

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display:

Mills College Art Museum, Mills College, Oakland, California

Scripps College, Claremont, California

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display:

Bray, Hazel V. The Potter’s Art in California, 1885 to 1955. Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1980.

Clark, Garth. A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1878-1978. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, 1979.

Kenny, John B. Ceramic Design. Radnor, PA: Chilton Books, 1963.

Koplos, Janet and Bruce Metcalf. Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010.

Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the Present. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1988.

Mills College. The Antonio Prieto Collection of Ceramics. Oakland, CA: Mills College, 1969.

Perry Barbara. American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Museum of Art. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publishers, 1989.

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