Antonio Prieto
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 ...
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- Biography
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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.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1946-1950
Faculty, California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), Oakland, California
1950-1967Faculty, Mills College, Oakland, California
Other
- Public Collections
- Bibliography
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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.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Antonio Prieto, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/antonio-prieto
Objects
Collections
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College
Claremont, California
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College
Claremont, California
