William Spratling

Architect and designer William Spratling (1900–1967) is celebrated for his key role in the development of the twentieth-century Mexican silver industry. His workshop trained hundreds of Mexican artisans and provided a successful model for the growth of the industry. Trained as an architect at Auburn University, Spratling joined Tulane University in 1922 as an instructor in the School of Architecture. He visited Mexico for the first time in 1926, meeting artists Diego Rivera and Miguel Covarrubias, then returned the following two summers to teach courses on Spanish colonial architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University, Mexico City). In 1929, he moved... more.