A recent issue of Architectural Digest brought the Museum of New Mexico store to my attention. They're offering beautiful patterned tiles (or trivets, but I dislike that word because it confines a flexible decorative object to the kitchen). The tiles are decorated with artworks by prominent New Mexico painters or Navajo patterned rugs.
Springtime Rainbow, by Jozef Bakos.
A tile with an Arape Style Navajo rug design.
Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico.
I was unfamiliar with the work of artist Jozef Bakos (1891 - 1977), so I decided to investigate further. Bakos was originally from Buffalo, NY, and was a member of "Los Cinco Pintores," an avant garde painting group in Santa Fe. He was also a professor at the University of Denver, a carpenter, and a furniture maker.
Jozef Bakos, Sunmount
Jozef Bakos, Sun Mountain
Jozef Bakos, Kitchen Interior
Images, jozefbakos.com, matthewchaseltd.com, askart.com.
