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===Hispanic artwork===
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries it was very expensive to ship furniture to New Mexico. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] carpenters built, with great artistry, cajas (storage chests), harineros (grain chests), trasteros (kitchen cupboards) and other furniture. The work was generally carved and painted brightly.<ref name=HMAHispanic>{{cite web |url=https://harwoodmuseum.org/art/collections/hispanic-traditions/ |title=Hispanic Traditions |work=Collections |publisher=Harwood Museum of Art |access-date=2021-08-11}}</ref>

[[Tinware|Tinwork]] was also made with materials brought from [[Mexico]] and sometimes along the [[Santa Fe Trail]]. A significant growth in tin work occurred, though, once the railroad opened. At first most of the tin work was in the form of religious, devotional items. By the turn of the 20th century, [[tinsmith]]s were creating sconces, lanterns and trinket boxes.<ref name=HMAHispanic/>

Commissioned by churches and individuals, artists created sacred images called [[Santos (art)|Santos]] of [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]. [[Patrociño Barela]] (1900–1964) made secular works that greatly influenced contemporary santeros. His work, shown at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York with other artists of the [[Federal Art Project]], was the first [[Mexican American]] artist to receive national recognition.<ref name=HMAHispanic/>

In addition to the Taos museums, the [[Martinez Hacienda]], a [[fortress]] occupied by Padre Martinez's family in the 19th century, provides examples of the integration of Spanish and Pueblo artistic movements in [[retablo]]s (santos painted on flat pieces of wood), [[Santo (art)|bultos]] (santos carved out of wood and sometimes painted), as well as [[tinware|tin work]], jewelry, and basketry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/art-history |title=Art History, The Taos valley has been a bed of creativity for centuries |work=Art of Taos |publisher=Taos Vacation Guide |access-date=2011-05-31}}</ref>

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File:Santo, Harwood.jpg|Santo, Small Spanish Colonial retablo, Harwood Museum of Art
File:Bulto, Harwood.jpg|Spanish colonial bulto, Harwood Museum of Art
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